Mullineaux corporation has a target capital structure of 64 percent common stock, 9 percent preferred stock, and 27 percent debt. its cost of equity is 12.9 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 5.9 percent, and the cost of debt is 7.6 percent. the relevant tax rate is 40 percent. what is mullineaux�s wacc?

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

If springfield is operating at full employment who is working a. everyone b. about 96% of the workforce c. the entire work force d. the robots

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.