Sam, a new police officer, was criticized by his supervisor for failing to make a sufficient number of arrests. sam went into a section of town known for criminal activity, picked up several suspicious-looking individuals, read them their miranda rights, and arrested them hoping that they would confess to something. alice, one of the detainees, was scared; hoping to cut a deal, she immediately confessed to burglarizing a local pawnshop. which of the following is alice's best defense at trial?
a. that the officer failed to have probable cause to make the arrest. b. that the officer violated her first amendment rights. c. that the officer failed to obtain a form signed by alice verifying that she understood the miranda rights as read. d. that the officer failed to satisfy the burden of proof. e. that a confession prior to an initial appearance is invalid

Email viruses are typically launched by people who modify header information to hide their identity. brightmail's enrique salem says that in the future, your email reader will authenticate the sender before putting hte message in your inbox. that way, you will know the source of all the emails you read. alan nugent of novell says, "i'm kind of a fan of eliminating anonymity if that is the price for security." will eliminating anonymity make computers more secure?

Which of the following statements is correct? large corporations are taxed more favorably than sole proprietorships. corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability. due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u. s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporations. most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as partnerships or proprietorships because it is easier to set up and operate in one of these forms rather than as a corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, mainly because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships. most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations’ often less favorable tax treatment, due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability.

73. calculate the weighted average cost of capital (wacc) based on the following information: the equity multiplier is 1.66; the interest rate on debt is 13%; the required return to equity holders is 22%; and the tax rate is 35%. (a) 15.6% (b) 16.0% (c) 15.0% (d) 16.6% (e) none of the above