Anne, a business researcher, believes that organization will have to spend a lot of money on employee health care in the future. Her colleague Nick argues that organizations will not have to increase their spending on employee health care benefits. Which of the following statements weakens Nick's arguments?
a. The number of workers under 40 years of age will exceed the number of workers 40 years of age or older.
b. The largest proportion of the labor force is expected to be in the 16-25 year age group.
c. The total cost of labor in the United States will decrease considerably in the near future.
d. The labor force is expected to grow at a greater rate by 2020 than at any other time in US history.
e. By 2022, all baby boomers will be at least 55 years old, increasing the ranks of workers nearing retirement.

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

What are the positive environmental trends seen today? many industries are taking measures to reduce the use( _gold,carbon dioxide,ozone_) of -depleting substances and are turning to(_scarce,renewable,non-recyclable_) energy sources though they may seem expensive. choose one of those 3 option to fill the

Jallouk corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding. bond m has a face value of $50,000 and matures in 20 years. the bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $2,100 every six months over the subsequent eight years, and finally pays $2,400 every six months over the last six years. bond n also has a face value of $50,000 and a maturity of 20 years; it makes no coupon payments over the life of the bond. the required return on both these bonds is 10 percent compounded semiannually. what is the current price of bond m and bond n?