Dickinson company has $12,160,000 million in assets. currently half of these assets are financed with long-term debt at 10.8 percent and half with common stock having a par value of $8. ms. smith, vice president of finance, wishes to analyze two refinancing plans, one with more debt (d) and one with more equity (e). the company earns a return on assets before interest and taxes of 10.8 percent. the tax rate is 35 percent. tax loss carryover provisions apply, so negative tax amounts are permissable. under plan d, a $3,040,000 million long-term bond would be sold at an interest rate of 12.8 percent and 380,000 shares of stock would be purchased in the market at $8 per share and retired. under plan e, 380,000 shares of stock would be sold at $8 per share and the $3,040,000 in proceeds would be used to reduce long-term debt. a. how would each of these plans affect earnings per share? consider the current plan and the two new plans

Which of the following statements regarding the learning curve and economies of scale is accurate? answers: just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows.where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows.where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows.just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows.

:; )write a paragraph of two to three sentences and describe what will happen to a society that does not have a productive workforce?

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.