You are running an arbitrage-based hedge fund focusing on merger transactions. Company XYZ has just received a tender offer for $46 per share from the management of Acquisi Corp. For the past two weeks, XYZ's shares traded at around $31, but immediately after the tender offer the market price of those shares rose to their current level of $42. On the other hand, Acquisi Corp share price fell from $83 to $81 right after the announcement of the proposed takeover. Further, interest rates in the economy have recently risen from 2.5 percent to 3.2 percent based on renewed fears of inflation. a. Calculate the market's implied probability that the takeover will imately be successful.
b. Explain how you can use this information to decide whether you should take a long position or a short position in the stock of Company XYZ.

Vulcan flyovers offers scenic overflights of mount st. helens, the volcano in washington state that explosively erupted in 1982. data concerning the company’s operations in july appear below: vulcan flyovers operating data for the month ended july 31 actual results flexible budget planning budget flights (q) 56 56 54 revenue ($350.00q) $ 16,500 $ 19,600 $ 18,900 expenses: wages and salaries ($3,300 + $91.00q) 8,354 8,396 8,214 fuel ($31.00q) 1,904 1,736 1,674 airport fees ($870 + $35.00q) 2,730 2,830 2,760 aircraft depreciation ($11.00q) 616 616 594 office expenses ($240 + $1.00q) 464 296 294 total expense 14,068 13,874 13,536 net operating income $ 2,432 $ 5,726 $ 5,364 the company measures its activity in terms of flights. customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an overflight at a discount. required: 1. prepare a flexible budget performance report for july that includes revenue and spending variances and activity variances.

True or false entrepreneurs try to meet the needs of the marketplace by supplying a service or product

Mr. beautiful, an organization that sells weight training sets, has an ordering cost of $40 for the bb-1 set. (bb-1 stands for body beautiful number 1.) the carrying cost for bb-1 is $5 per set per year. to meet demand, mr. beautiful orders large quantities of bb-1 seven times a year. the stockout cost for bb-1 is estimated to be $50 per set. over the past several years, mr. beautiful has observed the following demand during the lead time for bb-1: demand during lead time probability40 0.150 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.1total 1.0the reorder point for bb-1 is 60 sets. what level of safety stock should be maintained for bb-1?