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E41 The installed cost of a new computerized controller was

E41 The installed cost of a new computerized controller was $65,000. Calculate the depreciation schedule by year assuming a recovery period of 5 years and using the appropriate MACRS depreciation percentages given in Table 4.2 on page 117. Answer: E42 Classify the following changes in each of the accounts as either an inflow or an outflow of cash. During the year (a) marketable securities increased, (b) land and buildings decreased, (c) accounts payable increased, (d) vehicles decreased, (e) accounts receivable increased, and (f) dividends were paid. Document Preview: E41 The installed cost of a new computerized controller was $65,000. Calculate the depreciation schedule by year assuming a recovery period of 5 years and using the appropriate MACRS depreciation percentages given in Table 4.2 on page 117. Answer: E42 Classify the following changes in each of the accounts as either an inflow or an outflow of cash. During the year (a) marketable securities increased, (b) land and buildings decreased, (c) accounts payable increased, (d) vehicles decreased, (e) accounts receivable increased, and (f) dividends were paid. Answer: E43 Determine the operating cash flow (OCF) for Kleczka, Inc., based on the following data. (All values are in thousands of dollars.) During the year the firm had sales of $2,500, cost of goods sold totaled $1,800, operating expenses totaled $300, and depreciation expenses were $200. The firm is in the 35% tax bracket. Answer: E44 During the year, Xero, Inc., experienced an increase in net fixed assets of $300,000 and had depreciation of $200,000. It also experienced an increase in current assets of $150,000 and an increase in accounts payable and accruals of $75,000. If operating cash flow (OCF) for the year was $700,000, calculate the firms free cash flow (FCF) for the year. Answer: E45 Rimier Corp. forecasts sales of $650,000 for 2013. Assume the firm has fixed costs of $250,000 and variable costs amounting to 35% of sales. Operating expenses are estimated to include fixed costs of $28,000 and a variable portion equal to 7.5% of sales. Interest expenses for the coming year are estimated to be $20,000. Estimate Rimiers net profits before taxes for 2013. Answer: E161 Lyman Nurseries purchased seeds costing $25,000 with terms of 3/15 net 30 EOM on January 12. How much will the firm pay if it takes the cash discount? What is the approximate cost of giving up the cash discount, using the simplified formula? Answer: E162 Cleaners, Inc., is switching to paying employees every… Attachments: the-third-wee….docx

Individual Paper and Presentation. Describe the organization

Individual Paper and Presentation. Describe the organizational climate and culture of your work place or other group you belong to (team, group project in another class, choir, religious organization, etc). Relate your description of the organization climate and culture to the ideas in Chapter 5. Make four-six (4-6) recommendations about how you would like to improve the climate and culture of the organization and use the ideas in the text to justify your analysis. Please provide me the abstract first Document Preview: Abstract CVS Bay Area made a contract with Sunkus in 1996, where CVS Bay Area got obtained rights to use Sunkuss name. Since CVS Bay Area uses Sunkus name, CVS Bay Area need to follow some of the Sunkuss rule and also uses their products. However, they both operate as different company with same name. Sunkus has it own organization and their own stock holders where as CVS Bay Area also has it own organization with different stock holders. Since both companies think that they are different company, they hardly communicate with each other. Moreover, CVS Bay Area does have open policy, where anyone is allowed to say anything but there is issue on the communication climate between the store managers and the headquarters. Therefore CVS Bay Area has two issues which are externally where they do not communicate with Sunkus and internally where there is different climate. For external issue, CVS Bay Area and Sunkus should held meeting and should have communication center or make hotlines where they could receive ideas or feedbacks. For internally CVS Bay Area should need hotline as well, give out survey, make voice input system and should train their employees. Company Overview History Sunkus is one of the famous convenience store at Japan but around 1980s, it was not still famous as it was now in modern society. Sunkus was first founded in July 1980 but opened the store on November 1980. By the year 1987, the Point of Sale system was introduced and at the same time, they built Sunkus West Saitama Corporation. Then in August 1988, East Saitama Sunkus Corporation was found. Sunkus successfully continued to build more corporations such as Sunkus Tokai in August 1989 and by 1991 Sunkus had open more than 1000 stores, and at the same year, Sunkus changed their name to Sunkus and associates. Then in 1992 they build Sunkus in West Shikoku and Aomori and Ishikawa in 1994. By the year 1996, they made contract with CVS Bay Area where CVS Bay Area was founded by Sunkus…. Attachments: HRM-Paper-CVS….docx

Calculate the after-tax cost of debt under each of the follo

Calculate the after-tax cost of debt under each of the following conditions:Interest rate, 8 percent; tax rate, 0 percent. Round your answer to two decimal places.? %Interest rate, 8 percent; tax rate, 25 percent. Round your answer to two decimal places.? %Interest rate, 8 percent; tax rate, 30 percent. Round your answer to two decimal places.? % LL Incorporated’s currently outstanding 9% coupon bonds have a yield to maturity of 12%. LL believes it could issue new bonds at par that would provide a similar yield to maturity. Document Preview: Calculate the after-tax cost of debt under each of the following conditions:Interest rate, 8 percent; tax rate, 0 percent. Round your answer to two decimal places.? %Interest rate, 8 percent; tax rate, 25 percent. Round your answer to two decimal places.? %Interest rate, 8 percent; tax rate, 30 percent. Round your answer to two decimal places.? % LL Incorporated’s currently outstanding 9% coupon bonds have a yield to maturity of 12%. LL believes it could issue new bonds at par that would provide a similar yield to maturity. If its marginal tax rate is 40%, what is LL’s after-tax cost of debt? Round the answer to two decimal places.? %3.Duggins Veterinary Supplies can issue perpetual preferred stock at a price of $52.5 a share with an annual dividend of $3.50 a share. Ignoring flotation costs, what is the company’s cost of preferred stock, rps? Round the answer to two decimal places.? %4Summerdahl Resorts’ common stock is currently trading at $30 a share. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $3.00 a share at the end of the year (D1 = $3.00), and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% a year. What is the cost of common equity? Round your answer to two decimal places.? %5.Booher Book Stores has a beta of 1.2. The yield on a 3-month T-bill is 4.5% and the yield on a 10-year T-bond is 8%. The market risk premium is 4%, and the return on an average stock in the market last years was 8.5%. What is the estimated cost of common equity using the CAPM? Round your answer to two decimal places.? %6.Shi Importers’ balance sheet shows $300 million in debt, $50 million in preferred stock, and $250 million in total common equity. Shi’s tax rate is 40%, rd = 7%, rps = 5.7%, and rs = 11%. If Shi has a target capital structure of 30% debt, 5% preferred stock, and 65% common stock, what is Shi’s WACC? Round your answer to two decimal places.? %7David Ortiz Motors has a target capital structure of 40% debt and 60% equity. The yield to maturity on the company’s… Attachments: ASSIGN-4-24–….docx

Assignment is attached. It is only 1 question. – CSCI 251 I

Assignment is attached. It is only 1 question. – CSCI 251 Introduction to Information Security, Laws, & Ethics Spring 2012 HW2 Due Date 4/25/2012 Instruction: This is an individual assignment, sharing your answers with other students is not allowe Document Preview: CSCI 251 Introduction to Information Security, Laws, & Ethics Spring 2012 HW2 Due Date 4/25/2012 Instruction: This is an individual assignment, sharing your answers with other students is not allowed. Write your answers on a separate sheet and make sure you include your name on each of the sheet that you will be submitting. To submit your assignment you have to use the online DropBox that is provided thru eCollege. (100 points) 1. Implement the A5/1 algorithm in C/C++. Suppose that, after a particular step, the values in the registers are X = (x0, x1, . . . . ., x18) = (1010101010101010101) Y = (y0, y1, . . . . ., y18, y19, y20, y21) = (1100110011001100110011) Z = (z0, z1, . . . . ., z18, z19, z20, z21, z22) = (11100001111000011110000) List the next 32 key stream bits and give the contents of X, Y, and Z after these 32 bits have been generated Attachments: CSCI-HW2.pdf

Presentation- Government agencies Explain the Missions of Sp

Presentation- Government agencies Explain the Missions of Specific Government Agencies: A number of government agencies are involved in securing the United States from man-made and natural threats. You are a staff officer in the Department of Homeland Security preparing to brief a new political appointee. Prepare a PowerPoint slide briefing with an explanation of the missions of at least five government agencies involved in securing the United States. Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide and conclusion. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists. Length: 10-15 slides (with a separate reference slide) Notes Length: 50-100 words for each slide Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style.

Chapter 9 17. The floor to be used in applying the lower-of-

Chapter 9 17. The floor to be used in applying the lower-of-cost-or-market method to inventory is determined as thea. net realizable value.b. net realizable value less normal profit margin.c. replacement cost.d. selling price less costs of completion and disposal. 18. To produce an inventory valuation which approximates the lower of cost or market using the conventional retail inventory method, the computation of the ratio of cost to retail shoulda. include markups but not markdowns.b. include markups and markdowns.c. ignore both markups and markdowns.d. include markdowns but not markups. 19. Document Preview: Chapter 9 17. The floor to be used in applying the lower-of-cost-or-market method to inventory is determined as thea. net realizable value.b. net realizable value less normal profit margin.c. replacement cost.d. selling price less costs of completion and disposal. 18. To produce an inventory valuation which approximates the lower of cost or market using the conventional retail inventory method, the computation of the ratio of cost to retail shoulda. include markups but not markdowns.b. include markups and markdowns.c. ignore both markups and markdowns.d. include markdowns but not markups. 19. On January 1, 2012, the merchandise inventory of Glaus, Inc. was $1,000,000. During 2012 Glaus purchased $2,000,000 of merchandise and recorded sales of $2,500,000. The gross profit rate on these sales was 25%. What is the merchandise inventory of Glaus at December 31, 2012?a. $500,000.b. $625,000.c. $1,125,000.d. $1,875,000.20. Barker Pet supply uses the conventional retail method to determine its ending inventory at cost. Assume the beginning inventory at cost (retail) were $531,200 ($653,800), purchases during the current year at cost (retail) were $2,137,200 ($2,772,200), freight-in on these purchases totaled $127,800, sales during the current year totaled $2,604,000, and net markups (markdowns) were $4,000 ($192,600). What is the ending inventory value at cost?a. $633,400.b. $516,222.c. $822,000.d. $493,334.21. The 2012 financial statements of Sito Company reported a beginning inventory of $80,000, an ending inventory of $120,000, and cost of goods sold of $800,000 for the year. Sitos inventory turnover ratio for 2012 isa. 10.0 times.b. 8.0 times.c. 6.7 times.d. 5.7 times. 22. In no case can “market” in the lower-of-cost-or-market rule be more thana. estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business.b. estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less reasonably predictable costs of completion and disposal.c. estimated selling price in the… Attachments: Questions-Doc….doc

Analyze very briefly. 1) Suppose the CFO of a German corpora

Analyze very briefly. 1) Suppose the CFO of a German corporation with surplus cash flow has 1 million Euros to invest. Suppose that interest rates on 1-year CD deposits in US banks are 2%, while rates on 1year CD deposits denominated in euros in German banks are currently 4.5%. Suppose further that the CFO expects that the (euro/$) exchange rate will increase from 1euro per $ to 1.1 euros per $ during the coming year. Should the CFO invest in CD’s denominated in dollars or in euros? Show your work to substantiate your response as credible! 2) Explain why the Fed must normally add reserves to the banking system via open market operations on most days in order to maintain its interest rate target in the Fed Funds market. You refer to its current reduction in the federal fund rate cut to 0.25% that you have seen in recent months. 3) Visit the home page of the Federal Reserve Systems of the central bank of US at www.federalreserve.gov and read the key objectives of the Fed to stabilize the macroeconomic crises of the US economy (you have to look for the links from the home page of the Feds websiste- click on the tab About the Fed and read through the contents). Based on the information on monetary policy objectives and tools, answer the following question 3A. For: Policy objectives/purpose: The specific url under the tab about the Fed (Item2): http://www.federalreserve.gov/pf/pf.htm For Policy tools: The specific url under the tab Monetary Policy is (the listed thread is policy tools): http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/default.htm Under that, find the link for Mission 3A) What are the key objectives and what are the conventional monetary policy tools does the Fed use to achieve those objectives? 5 pts. Then you read the speech given by the Feds Chairman Bernanke on Oct 11, 2011 at the Federal reserve Bank of Boston at this url link http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20111018a.htm of the Feds website to answer the following question 3B. 3B) Read the speech of the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke he delivered on Oct 18, 2011 at the Federal reserve bank of Boston, which is available at this url link http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20111018a.htm After reading the contents of his speech topic, The Effects of the Great Recession on the Central Banks Doctrine and Practice, critically and briefly analyze the direction of changes in monetary policy practice of the Federal Reserve from its conventional monetary policy framework in the wake of the great recession the US economy currently faces. Alternatively (for 3.b), 3.b. Read the following two news analysis on the effect of monetary policy actions on November 30, 2011 by China on the global market, including US stock market. Based on your knowledge on monetary actions and its impact on the economy, briefly analyze the connection between the reduction of reserve requirement by Chinas central bank and its economy plus the economy of the rest of the world, including the US economy. http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/30/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/30/news/international/china_reserve_requirement/index.htm?iid=EL 4) In the first quarter of 2009, President Obama pushed his massive fiscal stimulus package of $862 (It was originally at $787 billion) through the Congress and later passed by the House and the Senate, whose centerpiece was spending most of this stimulus funds in repairing and building infrastructure in transportation, healthcare, science and technology, and education. Obama also urged to make a modest tax cut for middle-income families making a household income less than $250K per year. The push for this combined package of spending and partial tax cut was also criticized by several opponents in politics, academia, and businesses on the ground that the spending was too large under government financing to balance the growing budget deficit and debt that might threaten future economic stability of the country. 4) A) What possible macroeconomic arguments might President Obama use to defend his $862 billion fiscal stimulus package as a part of his economic recovery plans? B) Why do you think the critics were so much concerned that this stimulus package might be bad economic policy, and not just for the US, but for the world economy? Does it sound to have a trickle down adverse effect in the current or future financial stability in the US and the World economy, say later in 2011? Do you think this issue is also related to the current political rhetoric between the GOP and Democrats on raising the debt ceiling over $16 trillion? (New debt ceiling proposed by Pres. Obama on Jan 12, 2012: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/12/obama-requests-12t-increase-in-debt-ceiling/)? C) What would happen to the growth rate of the money supply if foreigners lost confidence in the US dollar as a result of recent financial crisis in the US economy and the Fed was trying nonetheless to maintain its current historic low federal funds rate target? Explain briefly. Hint: Please keep in mind that the question asked whether money supply growth rate will increase or not (by the Fed) and why so. d)Using the Keynesian Cross model diagram (The diagram with 45 degree line by splitting AD (C+I+G+NX) on the vertical axis and RGDP on the horizontal axis, See in Ch. 9,10 & 13 of the textbook) and equation, critically and briefly illustrate the short run and long run economic impact of Obamas stimulus package of $862 billion. (Hint: The impact will be in terms of major macroeconomic variables of US economy such as GDP growth, unemployment rate, interest rates, and inflation.)

A fundamental concept in finance is the risk versus return c

A fundamental concept in finance is the risk versus return concept. The more the risk involved with an investment, the greater will be the required rate of return for that investment. Different investors have different risk tolerance levels. Some investors may choose not to invest in stocks because they do not like the volatility of the stock market. Others may choose more conservative approaches, such as investing in high quality, intermediate-term bonds, because they prefer the reduced volatility of such an investment as compared to the stock market. From 1926 through 2008: Small-company stocks had an arithmetic mean return of 16.4% and a standard deviation of 33%. Large-company stocks had an arithmetic mean return of 11.7% and a standard deviation of 20.6%. Long-term corporate bonds had an arithmetic mean return of 6.2% and a standard deviation of 8.4%. Long-term government bonds had an arithmetic mean return of 6.1% and a standard deviation of 9.4%. Intermediate-term government bonds had an arithmetic mean return of 5.6% and a standard deviation of 5.7%. U.S. Treasury bills had an arithmetic mean return of 3.8% and a standard deviation of 3.1%. Sources: Adapted with permission from Ibbotson, R. G., & Sinquefield, R. A. (2009). Stocks, bonds, bills and inflation yearbookTM. Chicago: Morningstar. Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., & Jaffe, J. (2010). Corporate finance. New York: McGraw-Hill. Historically, large U.S. stocks have produced higher average annual returns than U.S. Treasury bills. However, in some years, such as 2008, the U.S. Treasury bills outperformed large U.S. stocks. Why do you think this happened?

I need to distill my comprehensive strategic plan (see attac

I need to distill my comprehensive strategic plan (see attach.) into a 10 minute oral presentation using power point. The pp presenation should be about 13-15 slides. The presentation needs to include key points from my comprehensive strategic plan so that someone who has not read the report will receive the same core message. Please include speaker note on each powerpoint slide. Thank you. Document Preview: Table of contentsExecutive Summary…3Analysis of competitive Environment……3Evaluation of Core Business Functions…6 Comprehensive Strategic Plan…..8Corporate Value and Mission Statement…….8Long term and short term objectives…..9Strategic alternatives.10Recommended Strategy12Implementation..12Evaluation and Control.14Conclusion..14Appendix.16References..17Executive SummaryThe objective of this report is to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for Eastman Kodak. This report will assess the companys value and mission that will assist in gaining a better idea of the overall operations and strategy. The identification of strategic alternatives is based on the findings from the analysis of Kodaks competitive environment, and the evaluation of its core business functions. In addition, this report will provide recommendations on how Kodak can be leveraged its resources to create capabilities that drive a sustainable competitive advantage, and realign its organizational structure and management system. Finally, this report will provide additional recommendations regarding needed changes to Eastman Kodaks approach to competitive advantage and corporate strategy. Analysis of Competitive EnvironmentPorters five forces model is used to identify the forces that shape every industry which determine the intensity and direction of competition and therefore the profitability of an industry. The objective of strategic planning is to modify these competitive forces such that the companys position is improved. The five forces are competitive rivalry, the threat of new entrant, the threat posed by substitute goods, the bargaining power of… Attachments: Comprehensive….docxSample-ppt-fr….pptx

Unit 21. This assignment consists of traveling to the sites

Unit 21. This assignment consists of traveling to the sites listed above and writing a brief paragraph about your visit to that site, and then answering some questions after you have looked over the chapters in the text and in resources for Unit 2. http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm#microbiol2. Assume you are looking under the microscope at a Gram-stained slide of an open wound, and you see large red rod shaped cells, and smaller blue violet round cells. What is your explanation for the red and blue cells?3. Document Preview: Unit 21. This assignment consists of traveling to the sites listed above and writing a brief paragraph about your visit to that site, and then answering some questions after you have looked over the chapters in the text and in resources for Unit 2. http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm#microbiol2. Assume you are looking under the microscope at a Gram-stained slide of an open wound, and you see large red rod shaped cells, and smaller blue violet round cells. What is your explanation for the red and blue cells?3. Explain the gram stain, and what does the gram stain tell you about the anatomical differences in cells? What information is gained from this staining technique, and how could that information affect an ill patient?Here is the Link to “Cells Alive! http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm#microbiol You will need to look at : Cell Biology; and then at “How big is a” …..; and “Cell models” as well as “dividing bacteria”, and “bacterial motility” There is a good discussion here on prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. You will see references to comparisons between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, it is important to distinguish between the two, and it will be easier to do once we look closely at the information in chapter 5.1. A functional cell could be built with a single chromosome, cytoplasm, a cell membrane, and ribosomes. Why are these four components absolutely necessary to the functional cell? If these structures are all a cell needs, why do most cells have many more structures? 2. Your 6th grader has read an article at school about life on other planets, and your child volunteered you to talk to the class about prokaryotes and your opinion on whether there can be microbial life on other planets. In light of what you have learned from this chapter, develop an intelligent response for your to present to your childs class. (yes, this is an actual question, and base your response on the reading from this chapter and the web site and any other choices you wish to use!)3. Why… Attachments: unit-2-and-3-….docx