Patrick just landed a job working for a major online gaming company in silicon valley. in a lot of ways, this is his dream job come true - the chance to work for a company that makes gaming software and live in california at the same time. as his plane lands at san jose international, he pictures a snazzy apartment with a palm tree right outside the front door. a few hours later, as he meets a property manager of a large apartment complex, his heart sinks. the price of apartments is out of sight! back at the hotel, he logs on to the bureau of labor statistics to try to get a better picture of why the cost of housing is so high in this region of the u. s. which factors may be causing the rise in the price of housing? a. low unemployment rate and increasing gdpb. high consumer's marginal index and low ppic. low cpi and high state tax rated. decreasing disruptive technologies index and high unemployment

Jaynet spends $30,000 per year on painting supplies and storage space. she recently received two job offers from a famous marketing firm – one offer was for $85,000 per year, and the other was for $120,000. however, she turned both jobs down to continue a painting career. if jaynet sells 40 paintings per year at a price of $4,000 each:

Wanda has graduated from community university (cu) and after nine months has failed to find a job. she graduated with a degree in business, and her college was aacsb accredited. (aacsb accreditation is a specialized accreditation for business schools that evidences a quality program.) in her complaint, she alleges that four years of school and tuition should guarantee a job in the field of study and states that she wants her money back. at no time did cu guarantee job placement, either through express or implied statements. wanda does not disagree with this but still thinks that she was wronged and that it is unfair to graduate and not get a job automatically. cu will be successful in extinguishing wanda's lawsuit if its attorney files a

Shrieves casting company is considering adding a new line to its product mix, and the capital budgeting analysis is being conducted by sidney johnson, a recently graduated mba. the production line would be set up in unused space in the main plant. the machinery’s invoice price would be approximately $200,000, another $10,000 in shipping charges would be required, and it would cost an additional $30,000 to install the equipment. the machinery has an economic life of 4 years, and shrieves has obtained a special tax ruling that places the equipment in the macrs 3-year class. the machinery is expected to have a salvage value of $25,000 after 4 years of use. the new line would generate incremental sales of 1,250 units per year for 4 years at an incremental cost of $100 per unit in the first year, excluding depreciation. each unit can be sold for $200 in the first year. the sales price and cost are both expected to increase by 3% per year due to inflation. further, to handle the new line, the firm’s net working capital would have to increase by an amount equal to 12% of sales revenues. the firm’s tax rate is 40%, and its overall weighted average cost of capital, which is the risk-adjusted cost of capital for an average project (r), is 10%. define “incremental cash flow.” (1) should you subtract interest expense or dividends when calculating project cash flow?