Sand Key Development Company has a capital structure consisting of $20 million of 10% debt and $30 million of common equity. The firm has 500,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Sand Key is planning a major expansion and will need to raise $15 million. The firm must decide whether to finance the expansion with debt or equity. If equity financing is selected, common stock will be sold at $75 per share. If debt financing is chosen, 9% coupon bonds will be sold. The firm's marginal tax rate is 34%. Determine the level of operating income at which Sand Key would be indifferent between debt financing and equity financing.

In a team environment, a coordinator is? a person with expert knowledge or skills in a particular area the team needs. a good listener who works to resolve social problems among teammates. a leader who team members focus on their tasks. a good networker who likes to explore new ideas and possiblities.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

What is the advantage of developing criteria for assessing the effectiveness of business products and processes? a. assessment criteria are answers. b. assessment criteria are inexpensive. c. assessment criteria provide you with a list of relevant things to measure. d. assessment criteria provide you with a list of people to contact to learn more about process mentoring.