In ricci v. destefano, ricci, a white firefighter, took and passed the city of new haven firefighter's test, required of all applicants for promotion in the city's fire department. the test was thrown out when it was discovered that minorities scored poorly and the city feared a disparate impact based law suit. how did the court rule? a. even though the test was prepared by a professional testing organization, the city has the right to reject the test results if minorities do not score adequately b. deliberately oversampling minorities to seek to create a fair test is irrelevant if the test results show that minorities still scored poorly c. ricci, as a member of the white majority, had no grounds to sue when the city was seeking the legitimate aim of nondiscrimination d. an employer may not simply disregard a test based on unwanted results unless the test is shown to be biased or deficient

Abarbecue sauce producer sells their product in a 20-ounce bottle. their historical process mean has been 20 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.25 ounces. if their tolerance limits are set at 20 ounces plus or minus 1 ounce, what is the process capability ratio of the bottle filling process? (5 points)

Which of the following is the least effective way to reach a potential sales prospect? referral cold call direct mail personal visit

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity.calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach.what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics.each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings.equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g