Catharine, Inc. is considering issuing additional long-term debt to finance an expansion. The company currently has $20 million in 5% debt outstanding. Its earnings after-tax (EAT) are $3.0 million, and its marginal and average tax rate is 40 percent. The company is required by the debt holders to maintain its times interest earned ratio at 3.0 or greater. How much additional 10 percent debt can Catharine, Inc issue now and maintain its times interest earned ratio at 3.0

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.

Suppose an economy has only two sectors: goods and services. each year, goods sells 80% of its outputs to services and keeps the rest, while services sells 62% of its output to goods and retains the rest. find equilibrium prices for the annual outputs of the goods and services sectors that make each sector's income match its expenditures.

From what part of income should someone take savings?