Bert's company is about to release a new electronics product. the electronics product is estimated to have a short life cycle before it is replaced by an upgraded one. the company would like to recover the capital spent to produce the product. it therefore decides to charge the highest possible price for the product upon release. bert's firm recognizes this might provide an advantage to competitors who may release the product at a lower price, but it believes customers will feel that the higher price signals higher quality. refer to scenario 20.1. what type of pricing objective has bert's firm adopted?

Trinity trucking signs a contract with olsen oil to purchase all of the fuel for its fleet of trucks for the next year from olsen at a price of $3.00 per gallon. at the time trinity and olsen sign the contract, the market price for gasoline was $3.25 per gallon, and trinity had an expert report predicting that the price would rise to at least $4.25 per gallon in the upcoming six months. instead, the price dropped to $2.00 per gallon. may trinity rescind the contract with olsen due to its mistaken belief about the future of the price of gasoline?

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

The following selected circumstances relate to pending lawsuits for erismus, inc. erismus’s fiscal year ends on december 31. financial statements are issued in march 2019. erismus prepares its financial statements according to u.s. gaap. required: indicate the amount erismus would record as an asset, liability, or not accrued in the following circumstances. 1. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes the company has a slightly worse than 50/50 chance of eventually prevailing in court, and that if it loses, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 2. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages could fall anywhere in the range of $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, with any damage in that range equally likely. 3. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages will eventually be $5,000,000, with a present value of $3,500,000. 4. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 5. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus’s management believes it is virtually certain that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $500,000.