Mi ola swimwear may occasionally make changes to their corporate or business-unit strategies. identify the item below that would indicate a change to the corporate strategy.
a. selling the swimsuits in a major department store.
b. discontinuing a certain color of swimsuit.
c. offering a line of surf boards.
d. changing the fabric used on swim bottoms.

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

The stock of grommet corporation, a u. s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u. s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u. s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u. s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?

Quick computing currently sells 12 million computer chips each year at a price of $19 per chip. it is about to introduce a new chip, and it forecasts annual sales of 22 million of these improved chips at a price of $24 each. however, demand for the old chip will decrease, and sales of the old chip are expected to fall to 6 million per year. the old chips cost $10 each to manufacture, and the new ones will cost $14 each. what is the proper cash flow to use to evaluate the present value of the introduction of the new chip? (enter your answer in millions.)