Ultimate Sportswear has $170,000 of 10% noncumulative, nonparticipating, preferred stock outstanding. Ultimate Sportswear also has $570,000 of common stock outstanding. In the company's first year of operation, no dividends were paid. During the second year, the company paid cash dividends of $37,000. This dividend should be distributed as follows: a. $8,000 preferred, $22,000 common
b. $16,000 preferred, $14,000 common
c. $7,500 preferred, $22,500 common
d. $15,000 preferred, $15,000 common
e. $0 preferred, $30,000 common

Which of the following is the most direct cause of cost-push inflation? a. rising production costs. b. reductions in wages. c. greater scarcity of natural resources. d. increasing supply of goods and services. 2b2t

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

Which of the following occupations relate to a skill category of words and literacy