Compute and Interpret Liquidity, Solvency and Coverage Ratios Selected balance sheet and income statement information from Verizon Communications Inc. follows.

($ millions) 2016 2015
Current assets $26,395 $22,355
Current liabilities 30,340 35,052
Total debt 108,078 109,729
Total liabilities 220,148 226,333
Equity 24,032 17,842
Earnings before interest and taxes 27,059 33,060
Interest expense 4,376 4,920
Net cash flow from operating activities $22,715 $38,930

Required:
a. Compute the current ratio for each year and discuss any trend in liquidity.
b. What additional information about the numbers used to compute this ratio might be useful in helping you assess liquidity?

Transactions on april 1 of the current year, andrea byrd established a business to manage rental property. she completed the following transactions during april: opened a business bank account with a deposit of $45,000 from personal funds. purchased office supplies on account, $2,000. received cash from fees earned for managing rental property, $8,500. paid rent on office and equipment for the month, $5,000. paid creditors on account, $1,375. billed customers for fees earned for managing rental property, $11,250. paid automobile expenses for month, $840, and miscellaneous expenses, $900. paid office salaries, $3,600. determined that the cost of supplies on hand was $550; therefore, the cost of supplies used was $1,450. withdrew cash for personal use, $2,000. required: 1. indicate the effect of each transaction and the balances after each transaction: for those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank. for those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign. (example: -300)

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

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