Alpha company provided the following data concerning its income statement: sales, $850,000; purchases, $368,000; beginning inventory, $255,000; ending inventory, $282,000; operating expenses, $105,000; freight-in, $5,000; sales discounts, $17,000; purchases discounts, $15,000; sales returns & allowances, $107,000; and purchases returns & allowances, $41,000. the data are complete and provide the basis for preparation of an income statement. how much is net income?

As the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, you have two options for receiving the insurance proceeds. you can receive a lump sum of $200,000 today or receive payments of $1,400 a month for 20 years. if you can earn 6 percent on your money, which option should you take and why

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity. calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach. what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics. each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings. equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g

In order to be thoughtful about the implementation of security policies and controls, leaders must balance the need to reduce with the impact to the business operations. doing so could mean phasing security controls in over time or be as simple as aligning security implementation with the business’s training events.