Which of the following is most likely the best rationale for unrelated diversification? A. risk reduction by spreading the company's investments over a set of diverse industries B. managerial motives including the prospects for higher compensation C. stabilize earnings, i. e. market downtrends in some of the company's businesses will be partially offset by cyclical upswings in its other businesses D. expectations for rapid or continuous growth E. growth by acquisition of an undervalued company at a bargain price can deliver enhanced shareholder value

What is the percentage change in price for a zero coupon bond if the yield changes from 6.56.5% to 5.55.5%? the bond has a face value of $1 comma 0001,000 and it matures in 1010 years. use the price determined from the first yield, 6.56.5%, as the base in the percentage calculation?

Suppose that two firms produce differentiated products and compete in prices. as in class, the two firms are located at two ends of a line one mile apart. consumers are evenly distributed along the line. the firms have identical marginal cost, $60. firm b produces a product with value $110 to consumers.firm a (located at 0 on the unit line) produces a higher quality product with value $120 to consumers. the cost of travel are directly related to the distance a consumer travels to purchase a good. if a consumerhas to travel a mile to purchase a good, the incur a cost of $20. if they have to travel x fraction of a mile, they incur a cost of $20x. (a) write down the expressions for how much a consumer at location d would value the products sold by firms a and b, if they set prices p_{a} and p_{b} ? (b) based on your expressions in (a), how much will be demanded from each firm if prices p_{a} and p_{b} are set? (c) what are the nash equilibrium prices?

The retained earnings account has a credit balance of $24,650 before closing entries are made. if total revenues for the period are $77,700, total expenses are $56,900, and dividends are $13,050, what is the ending balance in the retained earnings account after all closing entries are made?