Errol works for food packing company. errol’s supervisor gwen writes a negative review of errol’s performance. gwen believes the statements are true, and limits their communication to the firm’s management. in a tort action for defamation, gwen can most likely assert as a successful defense

(a) privilege.
(b) none of the choices.
(c) contempt.
(d) malice.

wilson's has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $35 a share. the firm also has a bond issue outstanding with a total face value of $250,000 which is selling for 102 percent of face value. the cost of equity is 11 percent while the preminustax cost of debt is 8 percent. the firm has a beta of 1.1 and a tax rate of 34 percent. what is wilson's weighted average cost of capital?

You and your new australian bride matilda, are applying for a loan and are required to submit a balance sheet with your net worth. you own a 2008 toyota camry that you bought last month for $9,995. the kelly blue book value for this car is $13,995. you owe $8,150 on the car loan for the camry. you pay off your visa credit card every month and have not paid any credit card interest this year. the current visa credit card balance is $3,522, and the next statement is due in 15 days. you have a student loan balance of $6,500. you presently have $425 in your checking account and $1,540 in your savings account. you own 100 shares of ibm stock that you purchased for $85.50 per share. one share of ibm is now selling for $158.42. you own computers and other electronics that you purchased for $4,100 but could probably sell today on e-bay for $1,800. your gross income is $80,000 per year. what is your current net worth? (see wb ch. 2 example 2.3)

The cost of capital: introduction the cost of capital: introduction companies issue bonds, preferred stock, and common equity to aise capital to invest in capital budgeting projects. capital is』necessary factor of production and like any other factor, it has a cost. this cost is equal to the select the applicable security. the rates of return that investors require on bonds, preferred stocks, and common equity represent the costs of those securities to the firm. companies estimate the required returns on their securities, calculate a weighted average of the costs of their different types of capital, and use this average cost for capital budgeting purposes. required return on rate: when calculating om operations when the firm's primary financial objective is to select shareholder value. to do this, companies invest in projects that earnselect their cost of capital. so, the cost of capital is often referred to as the -select -select and accruals, which a se spontaneously we hted average cost of capital wa c our concern is with capital that must be provided by select- 쑤 interest-bearing debt preferred stock and common equity. capital budgeting projects are undertaken, are not included as part of total invested capital because they do not come directly from investors. which of the following would be included in the caculation of total invested capital? choose the response that is most correct a. notes payable b. taxes payable c retained earnings d. responses a and c would be included in the calculation of total invested capital. e. none of the above would be included in the cakulation of total invested capital.