Lear inc. has $980,000 in current assets, $440,000 of which are considered permanent current assets. in addition, the firm has $780,000 invested in fixed assets. a. lear wishes to finance all fixed assets and half of its permanent current assets with long-term financing costing 10 percent. the balance will be financed with short-term financing, which currently costs 5 percent. lear’s earnings before interest and taxes are $380,000. determine lear’s earnings after taxes under this financing plan. the tax rate is 30 percent

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?

The penalties for a first-time dui charge include revocation of drivers license a. 180 days b. ben 180 des and one year c. bence 90 and 180 d. one year

Seattle bank’s start-up division establishes new branch banks. each branch opens with three tellers. total teller cost per branch is $96,000 per year. the three tellers combined can process up to 90,000 customer transactions per year. if a branch does not attain a volume of at least 60,000 transactions during its first year of operations, it is closed. if the demand for services exceeds 90,000 transactions, an additional teller is hired and the branch is transferred from the start-up division to regular operations. required what is the relevant range of activity for new branch banks