The U. S. consumer market is large, but other markets may offer what advantage?

A.

Higher levels of market saturation

B.

Better opportunities for growth

C.

More demographic trends

D.

More entertainment trends

In two or three sentences, describe how antitrust laws encourages competition

Divine Apparel has 3,900 shares of common stock outstanding. On October 1, the company declares a $0.50 per share dividend to stockholders of record on October 15. The dividend is paid on October 31.

Mike's Fish Market is implementing a project that will initially increase accounts payable by $6,100, increase inventory by $2,800, and decrease accounts receivable by $1,300. All net working capital will be recouped when the project terminates.

Financial statement data for the year ending December 31 for Flagg Co. are as follows: Sales $4,250,000 Accounts receivable: Beginning of year 600,000 End of year 630,000 Determine the number of days' sales in receivables for the year.

The net annual primary productivity of a particular wetland ecosystem is found to be 8,000 kcal/m2 per year.

Dinham Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During March, the kennel budgeted for 2,000 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,040 tenant-days.

Lesa drives her car approximately 18,000 miles per year. During the most recent year, she drove 7,000 miles commuting to and from work, 4,500 miles for business-related conferences and client visits, and 6,500 miles for personal trips.

Assume that you manage a risky portfolio with an expected rate of return of 18% and a standard deviation of 42%. The T-bill rate is 6%. Your client chooses to invest 85% of a portfolio in your fund and 15% in a T-bill money market fund. a.

A firm has zero debt in its capital structure and has an overall cost of capital of 10 percent. The firm is considering a new capital structure with 60 percent debt at an interest rate of 8 percent.

Thomsen Computer Company produces three products: Earth, Wind, and Fire. Earth requires 80 machine setups, Wind requires 60 setups, and Fire requires 180 setups.