Nielson motors (nm) is a newly public firm with 25 million shares outstanding. you are doing a valuation analysis of nielson and you estimate its free cash flow in the coming year to be $40 million. you expect the firm's free cash flows to grow by 4% per year in subsequent years. because the firm has only been listed on the stock exchange for a short time, you do not have an accurate assessment of nielsen's equity beta. however, you do have the following data for another firm in the same industry: equity beta debt beta debt-equity ratio 1.8 0.4 1.5 nielson has a much lower debt-equity ratio of .5, which is expected to remain stable, and nielsen's debt is risk free. nielson's corporate tax rate is 40%, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 10%. nielson's estimated equity beta is closest to:

Jorge is a manager at starbucks. his operational plan includes achieving annual sales of $4,000,000 for his store. with only one month left to end of the fiscal year, jorge realizes that he won't reach his annual sales goal. what are his options?

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)

Darlene has a balance of 3980 on a credit card with an apr of 22.8% paying off her balance and which of these lengths of time will result in her paying the least amount of interest?