Beasley industries' sales are expected to increase from $5 million in 2013 to $6 million in 2014, or by 20%. its assets totaled $2 million at the end of 2013. beasley is at full capacity, so its assets must grow in proportion to projected sales. at the end of 2013, current liabilities are $780,000, consisting of $160,000 of accounts payable, $400,000 of notes payable, and $220,000 of accrued liabilities. its profit margin is forecasted to be 4%, and its dividend payout ratio is 70%. using the afn equation, forecast the additional funds beasley will need for the coming year. round your answer to the nearest dollar. do not round intermediate calculations.$

The risk-free rate is 7% and the expected rate of return on the market portfolio is 11%. a. calculate the required rate of return on a security with a beta of 1.92. (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. if the security is expected to return 15%, is it overpriced or underpriced?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Which of the following tasks would be a line cook's main responsibility? oa. frying french fries ob. chopping onions oc. taking inventory of stocked dry goods od. paying invoices