highland industries has a target capital structure of 60% common equity, 10% preferred stock, and 30% debt. the cost of retained earnings is 15%, and the cost of a new stock issue is 17%. the firm anticipates having $24 million in retained earnings available over the coming year. preferred stock can be sold at a cost of 11%. the firm has a $15 million line of credit with a major bank, which has an after-tax cost of 6%. beyond this amount, debt would have to be raised through a bond issue, and would have an after-tax cost of 9%. highland industries has a marginal tax rate of 35%. what will be the firm's cost of capital using bonds, preferred stock, and external equity

Intronix uses copy editors, computer graphics specialists, and java programmers to produce ads for magazines and the internet. the average new ad for magazines typically requires 180 hours of a copy editor's time and 135 hours of a computer graphics specialist's time, whereas ads produced for the internet require 35 hours of copy editor time, 195 hours of computer graphics time, and 60 hours of a java programmer's time. lassie food, a dog food manufacturer, has hired intronix to produce ads in the next four week. although currently it considers magazine ads 3 times more valuable than internet ads, it still wishes to have at least 2 of each produced within the next four weeks. intronix has assigned up to 3 copy editors, 4 computer graphics specialists, and 1 java programmer, each committed to work up to 70 hours per week on the project. how many of each type of ad should be produced to maximize the overall value to lassie foods

Select the correct answer. joshua runs a large manufacturing business that is listed on the stock exchange. his company made good profits in the previous financial year. he now plans to reward his shareholders with handsome dividends. under which category of activities in the cash flow statement would the company’s accountants place this outflow of cash? a. investing activities b. operating activities c. financing activities d. non-operating activities

Rahm's credit card issuer calculates interest based on the outstanding balance at the end of the last billing period. what is this method of calculating interest on a credit card called?