Fresh out of harvard business school, john thompson, the new cfo of joe's southern cornbread company, wants to shake things up at the sleepy little food company headquartered in birmingham, alabama. the firm is currently an allminusequity firm because "that's the way we've always done it." under pressure from a new group of major stockholders, however, walker is considering acquiring some debt (leverage) in an effort to boost earnings per share. the company currently has 8000 shares of common stock outstanding, but he is thinking about borrowing $16,000 at 8% per year and buying back 2000 of those shares. john thompson is currently living in a world with no taxes. refer to the scenario above. if southern cornbread's ebit is $6,000, compare eps before and after the new debt.

Profits from using currency options and futures. on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda. com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

Heather has been an active participant in a defined benefit plan for 19 years. during her last 6 years of employment, heather earned $42,000, $48,000, $56,000, $80,000, $89,000, and $108,000, respectively (representing her highest-income years). calculate heather’s maximum allowable benefits from her qualified plan (assume that there are fewer than 100 participants). assume that heather’s average compensation for her three highest years is $199,700. calculate her maximum allowable benefits.

Emerson has an associate degree based on the chart below how will his employment opportunities change from 2008 to 2018