Compute and Interpret Measures for DuPont Disaggregation Analysis Refer to the 2015 fiscal year financial data of 3M Company to answer the following requirements (perform these computations from the perspective of a 3M shareholder).
($millions) 2015 2014
Sales $30,674
Net income, consolidated 5,056
Net income attributable to
3M shareholders 5,048
Assets 32,898 $31,389
Total equity 11,747 13,142
Equity attributable to 3M
shareholders 11,708 13,109
a. Compute the DuPont model component measures for profit margin, asset turnover, and financial leverage. Then, compute ROA.
b. Compute ROE. Confirm that ROE equals ROE computed using the component measures from part a (ROE PM AT FL).
c. Compute adjusted ROA (assume a statutory tax rate of 37% and pretax net interest expense of $123).

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

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?

Aresearcher developing scanners to search for hidden weapons at airports has concluded that a new scanner isis significantly better than the current scanner. he made his decision based on a test using alpha equals 0.025 .α=0.025. would he have made the same decision at alpha equals 0.10 question mark α=0.10? how about alpha equals 0.01 question mark α=0.01? explain