Baldwin has a new design for their product Bid next round that can reduce their material cost of producing units from $8.14 to $7.32. Baldwin passes on half of all cost savings by cutting the current price to customers. For simplicity: - Use current labor costs of $4.24 - Assume all period costs as reported on Baldwin's Income Statement (Annual Rpt Pg 2) will remain the same. Determine how many units (000) of product Bid would need to be sold next round to break even on the product.

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

From what part of income should someone take savings?

Serious question, which is preferred in a business? pp or poopoo?