A project with an initial cost of $22,700 is expected to generate cash flows of $5,300, $7,400, $8,450, $7,350, and $6,100 over each of the next five years, respectively. What is the project's payback period

Blue computers, a major pc manufacturer in the united states, currently has plants in kentucky and pennsylvania. the kentucky plant has a capacity of 1 million units a year and the pennsylvania plant has a capacity of 1.5 million units a year. the firm divides the united states into five markets: northeast, southeast, midwest, south, and west. each pc sells for $1,000. the firm anticipates a 50 perc~nt growth in demand (in each region) this year (after which demand will stabilize) and wants to build a plant with a capacity of 1.5 million units per year to accommodate the growth. potential sites being considered are in north carolina and california. currently the firm pays federal, state, and local taxes on the income from each plant. federal taxes are 20 percent of income, and all state and local taxes are 7 percent of income in each state. north carolina has offered to reduce taxes for the next 10 years from 7 percent to 2 percent. blue computers would like to take the tax break into consideration when planning its network. consider income over the next 10 years in your analysis. assume that all costs remain unchanged over the 10 years. use a discount factor of 0.1 for your analysis. annual fixed costs, production and shipping costs per unit, and current regional demand (before the 50 percent growth) are shown in table 5-13. (a) if blue computers sets an objective of minimizing total fixed and variable costs, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? (b) if blue computers sets an objective of maximizing after-tax profits, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? variable production and shipping cost ($/unit) annual fixed cost northeast southeast midwest south west (million$) kentucky 185 180 175 175 200 150 pennsylvania 170 190 180 200 220 200 n. carolina 180 180 185 185 215 150 california 220 220 195 195 175 150 demand ('000 units/month) 700 400 400 300 600

Acompany finances the purchase of equipment with a $500,000 5-year note payable. the note has an interest rate of 12% and a monthly payment of $11,122. after two payments have been made, what amount should the company report as the note payable balance in its december 31 balance sheet?

Amarginally attached worker is a person who is not happy with his or her job. someone who works part-time more than 25 hours per week but wants full-time work. someone who does not have a job but is available and willing to work and has made specific but unsuccessful efforts to find a job during the past 4 weeks. someone who does not have a job but is available and willing to work but has not made specific efforts to find a job during the past 4 weeks. another name for an unemployed worker.