Suppose that a 100% payout subsidiary operates in a foreign country with a corporate tax rate of 42% and a withholding tax on dividends of 5%. If the subsidiary has generated a taxable income of $10,000 in the foreign country, and the US corporate ta..
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A company is analyzing two mutually exclusive projects, S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. Project S: -1,500 (Year 0), 1000 (Year 1), 560 (Year 2), 50 (Year 3). Project L: -1,200 (Year 0), 0 (Year 1), 600 (Year 2), 1,500 (Year 3). The company..
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What are the EOQ and total inventory costs if the following were to occur? (1) Sales increase to 500,000 units. (2) Fixed order costs increase to $30; sales remain at 338,000 units. (3) Purchase price increases to $4; sales and fixed costs remain at ..
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Garner-Wagner is considering a project that is replicable with a $3,000,000 investment at time zero, and returns $500,000 each year for five years and has a discount rate of I/YR = 10%. If Garner-Wagner goes ahead with this project today, it will obt..
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Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $681,600 is estimated to result in $227,200 in annual pretax cost savings. Calculate the depreciation for each year and use to ..
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You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $270,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $73,000 per year. The Techron II costs $470,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating co..
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What is it like to work at Google? (Hint: Go to Google's website and click on "About Google'. Find the section on jobs at Google and go from there.) What is your assessment of the company's work environment?
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A company has preferred stock that can be sold for $28 per share. The preferred stock pays an annual dividend of 5% based on a par value of $100. Flotation costs associated with the sale of preferred stock equal $1.50 per share. The company's margina..
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An investment has an installed cost of $535,800. The cash flows over the four-year life of the investment are projected to be $213,850, $230,450, $197,110, and $145,820. If the discount rate is zero, what is the NPV?
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Loan of 12500 is made at an effective interest rate of 8.5%. Payments are made at the end of each interest period. Each payment equals twice the interest due until the borrower pays off the outstanding debt with a final payment of at most, 1800. Find..
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What is the beta of your portfolio? If you expect the market to earn 14 percent and the risk-free rate is 4 percent, what is the required return of the portfolio?
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Two options are available for painting your house: (1) oil-based painting which costs $4800 and (2) water-based painting, which costs $3000. The estimated lives of the painting projects are 10 years and 5 years respectively. For either option, no sal..
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