Suppose that a friend has started a business selling software. The software is a great hit, and the firm quickly grows large enough to be able to sell stock. Your friend's firm promises to pay a dividend of $7 per share every year for the next 50 years, at which point your friend intends to shut down the business. The firm's stock is currently selling for $57 per share. If you believe that the company really will pay dividends as stated and if you require a rate of return of 15% to make this investment, should you buy the stock?

Avx home entertainment, inc., recently began a “no-hassles” return policy. a sample of 500 customers who recently returned items showed 400 thought the policy was fair, 32 thought it took too long to complete the transaction, and the rest had no opinion. on the basis of this information, make an inference about customer reaction to the new policy. (round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

Which of the following statements is correct? a) due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u. s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporationsb) most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as proprietorships or corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, primarily because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships. c) due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability, which affect the ability to attract capital, most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations' less favorable tax treatmentd) large corporations are taxed more favorably than proprietorshipse) corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability

rural residential development company and suburban real estate corporation form a joint stock company. the longest duration a joint stock company can be formed for is