McKinley, a large consulting firm in the UK, has a consulting staff consisting of 400 consultants at the rank of "associate." On average, a consultant remains at the associate level for 2 years. After this time, 30% of the consultants are promoted to the rank of "engagement manager"; the other 70% have to leave the company. In order to maintain the consulting staff at an average level of 400 associates, how many new consultants does McKinley have to hire each year at the associate level?

a.300
b.200
c.400
d.100

ernst's electrical has a bond issue outstanding with ten years to maturity. these bonds have a $1,000 face value, a 5 percent coupon, and pay interest semiminusannually. the bonds are currently quoted at 96 percent of face value. what is ernst's pretax cost of debt?

Which law would encourage more people to become homeowners but not encourage risky loans that could end in foreclosure? options: offering first time homebuyers tax-free accounts to save for down payments requiring all mortgages to be more affordable, interest-only loans outlawing home inspections and appraisals by mortgage companies limiting rent increases to less than 2% a year

Net income and owner's equity for four businesses four different proprietorships, jupiter, mars, saturn, and venus, show the same balance sheet data at the beginning and end of a year. these data, exclusive of the amount of owner's equity, are summarized as follows: total assets total liabilities beginning of the year $550,000 $215,000 end of the year 844,000 320,000 on the basis of the preceding data and the following additional information for the year, determine the net income (or loss) of each company for the year. (hint: first determine the amount of increase or decrease in owner's equity during the year.) jupiter: the owner had made no additional investments in the business and had made no withdrawals from the business. mars: the owner had made no additional investments in the business but had withdrawn $36,000. saturn: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 but had made no withdrawals. venus: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 and had withdrawn $36,000. jupiter net income $ mars net income $ saturn net income $ venus net income $