Free Trade Partners needs to raise $24.2million to expand its operations into South America. The company will sell new shares of common stock using a general cash offering. The underwriters will charge a spread of 7.6 percent, the administrative costs will be $631,000, and the offer price will be $32 per share. How many shares of stock must be sold if the firm is to raise the funds it desires?

When an interest-bearing note comes due and is uncollectible, the journal entry includes debiting

Jallouk corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding. bond m has a face value of $50,000 and matures in 20 years. the bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $2,100 every six months over the subsequent eight years, and finally pays $2,400 every six months over the last six years. bond n also has a face value of $50,000 and a maturity of 20 years; it makes no coupon payments over the life of the bond. the required return on both these bonds is 10 percent compounded semiannually. what is the current price of bond m and bond n?

What business practice contributed most to andrew carnegie’s ability to form a monopoly?