Both of the following companies are merchandisers that began operations this year. x company y company cash from operating activities $ 20,000 $ 60,000 cash from investing activities (200,000) (100,000) cash from financing activities 230,000 90,000 net increase in cash $ 50,000 $ 50,000 which of these two companies appears to have made the larger purchases of property, plant, and equipment during the year?

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

Braden’s ice cream shop is losing business. he knows that customers are no longer choosing his product because a competing product has become less expensive, yet he has refused to lower his prices. what has happened to braden’s business?

Assume the total cost of a college education will be $250,000 when your child enters college in 17 years. you presently have $69,000 to invest. what annual rate of interest must you earn on your investment to cover the cost of your child’s college education? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)