Suppose the following transactions occur during the current year:

1. eric orders 40 cases of mescal from a mexican distributor at a price of $90 per case.
2. a u. s. company sells 200 spark plugs to a korean company at $5.00 per spark plug.
3. kenji, a u. s. citizen, pays $1,500 for a laptop he orders from microell (a u. s. company).
complete the following table by indicating how the combined effects of these transactions will be reflected in the u. s. national accounts for the current year.

hint: be sure to enter a "0" if none of the transactions listed are included in a given category and to enter a minus sign when the balance is negative.

Neon light company of kansas city ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. ms. neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by one and one-half days. furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. the bank has a remote disbursement center in florida. a. if neon light company has $2.90 million per day in collections and $1.18 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?

Beswick company your team is allocated a project involving a major client, the beswick company. although the organization has many clients, this client, and project, is the largest source of revenue and affects the work of several other teams in the organization. the project requires continuous involvement with the client, so any problems with the client are immediately felt by others in the organization. jamie, a member of your team, is the only person in the company with whom this client is willing to deal. it can be said that jamie has:

Calculate the required rate of return for climax inc., assuming that (1) investors expect a 4.0% rate of inflation in the future, (2) the real risk-free rate is 3.0%, (3) the market risk premium is 5.0%, (4) the firm has a beta of 2.30, and (5) its realized rate of return has averaged 15.0% over the last 5 years. do not round your intermediate calculations.