What is the author's purpose in this persuasive business message?
Thank you for taking my call today. I'm writing this letter to highlight a billing error. I hope that you'll adjust it in the next bill.
My monthly electric bill is usually around $300. However, this month's bill was $650! You can imagine my shock when I saw it. I do
understand that a hardware or software problem might be behind the inflated bill. I am sure this is a one-time error that your
technical staff can correct. I've enclosed a copy of my bill for your reference.
I'm a longtime customer of Parish Energy and appreciate your zero-outage policy. I hope your company will continue serving our
community for a long time.
A. to complain about the company's computers
B. to get an error adjusted in the next billing cycle
C. to suggest a change to the zero outage policy
D. to gain the benefits and perks of being a longtime customer
E. to advise technical staff on how to follow a specific process

Suppose you have just been hired as the chief diversity officer of a large company. previous mentoring programs at this company have not been successful. after inquiring about previous efforts, you discover that most mentor pairs met just a few times, but very few lasting or meaningful mentoring relationships were created. there were also a significant number of employees that did not even attempt to seek out a mentor relationship. which of the following may be a reason why prior mentoring programs at your company failed? check all that apply. a) minorities and women are much less likely to develop mentoring relationships than white malesb) mentoring is not an effective way for organizations to develop female and minority employeesc) due to specific laws governing appropriate workplace behavior, senior-level male executives were reluctant to cultivate mentoring relationships with female employees, fearing negative repercussionsd) fear of creating a future competitor within the company, senior-level female executives were hesitant to mentor other female employees

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

Using the exxon data as an example what would be the market capitalization of penny's pickles if each share is selling for $175.35?