An article in forbes discussed an estimate that the cost of materials in apple's iphone 5 with 64 gigabytes of memory was $230. apple was selling the iphone 5 for $849 (most phone carriers made payments to apple that reduced the price to consumers to $399). source: john gaudiosi, "research teardown details why the new iphone 5 only costs apple $207 to make," forbes, september 19, 2012.can we conclude from this information that apple is making a profit of about $619 per iphone? briefly explain. apple's profit is

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

You are attending college in the fall and you need to purchase a computer. you must finance the purchase because your parents will not purchase it for you, and you do not have the cash on hand to purchase it. in blank #1 determine which type of credit would you use to finance your purchase (installment, non-installment, or revolving credit). (2 points) in blank #2 defend your credit choice by explaining why your financing option is the best option for you. (2 points) in blank #3 explain why you selected that credit option over the other two options available. (2 points)

Suppose you hold a portfolio consisting of a $10,000 investment in each of 8 different common stocks. the portfolio's beta is 1.25. now suppose you decided to sell one of your stocks that has a beta of 1.00 and to use the proceeds to buy a replacement stock with a beta of 1.55. what would the portfolio's new beta be? do not round your intermediate calculations.