Bates Company issued $1,000,000, 11-year bonds. It agreed to make annual deposits of $71,500 to a fund (called a sinking fund), which will be used to pay off the principal amount of the bond at the end of 11 years. The deposits are made at the end of each year into an account paying 6% annual interest. (For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided.)What amount will be in the sinking fund at the end of 11 years? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e. g. 25.25.

Kinkead inc. forecasts that its free cash flow in the coming year, i. e., at t = 1, will be −$10 million, but its fcf at t = 2 will be $20 million. after year 2, fcf is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. if the weighted average cost of capital is 14%, what is the firm's value of operations, in millions?

Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.