The cost of debt gronseth drywall systems, inc., is in discussions with its investment bankers regarding the issuance of new bonds. the investment banker has informed the firm that different maturities will carry different coupon rates and sell at different prices. the firm must choose among several alternatives. in each case, the bonds will have a $1,000 par value and flotation costs will be $30 per bond. the company is taxed at a rate of 40%. calculate the after-tax cost of financing with each of the following alternatives. alternative coupon rate time to maturity (years) premium or discount a 9% 16 $250 b 7 5 50 c 6 7 par d 5 10 2 75

In return for their with optimizing his painting project, the castle servant informed poly and digit that he saw someone dressed as the king leaving behind a trail of crumbs as he walked into the jester's room late last night. poly and digit have finally found the crisp-collecting culprit — it turns out the jester's shoe size and hair color match the clues that were found! in gratitude, poly and digit agree to the servant with his current task of replacing all of the tables and chairs in the castle. his goal is to determine which furniture company should produce the new furniture. he receives information from a company that customizes elegant furniture, and he wants to analyze the company's production process in order to calculate some problems about cost and availability. read the following scenario, and assist poly and digit as they the servant with his calculations. the fit for a king furniture company requires 2020 hours of labor to produce a standard table, and a chair requires 1212 hours of labor. the labor available is 565565 hours per week. the company can produce at most 3535 chairs per week.

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate.a. after a long search, jon finds a job.b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed.c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires.d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom.e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working.f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job.g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement.h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.

Only the united states has embassies. true or false