Why must companies place an increased emphasis on the use of high-quality software in business systems, industrial process-control systems, and consumer products

What preforms the best over the long term? a) bonds b) mutual funds c) stocks d) certificate of deposit

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.

What do you think: would it be more profitable to own 200 shares of penny’s pickles or 1 share of exxon? why do you think that?