Maquiladoras are
a. import-export agents of the mexican government.
b. production facilities in north-central mexican states.
c. freight forwarders from mexico.
d. exchange controls from central banks in latin american countries.
e. global marketing programs established in latin american countries.

Navel county choppers, inc., is experiencing rapid growth. the company expects dividends to grow at 19 percent per year for the next 8 years before leveling off at 5 percent into perpetuity. the required return on the company’s stock is 10 percent. if the dividend per share just paid was $1.52, what is the stock price?

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?