The company currently markets McDog T-bone, Lapdog Lunchtreats, Rover's Potroast, and Puppy Porterhouse in the dog food market. Prime Cuts will be an addition to the company's in the dog food market.

Before contacting the news or print media about your business, what must you come up with first ? a. a media expertb. a big budgetc. a track recordd. a story angle

Suppose that a major city’s main thoroughfare, which is also an interstate highway, will be completely closed to traffic for two years, from january 2014 to december 2015, for reconstruction at a cost of $535 million. if the construction company were to keep the highway open for traffic during construction, the highway reconstruction project would take much longer and be more expensive. suppose that construction would take four years if the highway were kept open, at a total cost of $800 million. the state department of transportation had to make its decision in 2014, one year before the start of construction (so that the first payment was one year away). so the department of transportation had the following choices: (i) close the highway during construction, at an annual cost of $267.5 million per year for two years. (ii) keep the highway open during construction, at an annual cost of $200 million per year for four years. now suppose the interest rate is 80%. calculate the present value of the costs incurred under each plan.

You are considering the purchase of one of two machines used in your manufacturing plant. machine 1 has a life of two years, costs $20,000 initially, and then $4,000 per year in maintenance costs. machine 2 costs $25,000 initially, has a life of three years, and requires $3,500 in annual maintenance costs. either machine must be replaced at the end of its life with an equivalent machine. using eac which is the better machine for the firm