Assume perfect capital markets. kay industries currently has $ 100 million invested in short-term treasury securities paying 7 %, and it pays out the interest payments on these securities as a dividend. the board is considering selling the treasury securities and paying out the proceeds as a one-time dividend payment. a. if the board went ahead with this plan, what would happen to the value of kay stock upon the announcement of a change in policy? b. what would happen to the value of kay stock on the ex-dividend date of the one-time dividend? c. given these price reactions, will this decision benefit investors?

On december 31, 2011, daggett company issued $750,000 of ten-year, 9% bonds payable for $700,353, yielding an effective interest rate of 10%. interest is payable semiannually on june 30 and december 31. prepare journal entries to reflect (a) the issuance of the bonds, (b) the semiannual interest payment and discount amortization (effective interest method) on june 30, 2012, and (c) the semiannual interest payment and discount amortization on december 31, 2012. round amounts to the nearest dollar.

The dollar value generated over decades of customer loyalty to your company is known as brand equity. viability. sustainability. luck.

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)