For the year ending december 31, 2018, sparks electric expects net cash provided by operations of $ 328 comma 000, net cash used by investing activities of $ 135 comma 000, and net cash provided by financing activities of $ 48 comma 000. sparks plans to spend $ 258 comma 000 to add a warehouse for its operations and pays $ 31 comma 000 in cash dividends. what is the amount of free cash flow?
a. $240.000
b. $38,000
c. $73.000
d. $(65.000)

Most angel investors expect a return on investment of question options: 20% to 25% over 5 years. 15% to 20% over 5 years. 75% over 10 years. 100% over 5 years.

Evan company reports net income of $232,000 each year and declares an annual cash dividend of $100,000. the company holds net assets of $2,130,000 on january 1, 2017. on that date, shalina purchases 40 percent of evan's outstanding common stock for $1,066,000, which gives it the ability to significantly influence evan. at the purchase date, the excess of shalina’s cost over its proportionate share of evan’s book value was assigned to goodwill. on december 31, 2019, what is the investment in evan company balance (equity method) in shalina’s financial records?

Consider two similar industries, portal crane manufacturing (pcm) and forklift manufacturing (flm). the pcm industry has exactly three incumbents with annual sales of $800 million, $200 million and $100 million, respectively. the flm industry has also exactly three incumbents, with annual sales of $500 million, $450 million and $400 million, respectively. which industry is more likely to experience a higher level of rivalry?