Acompany seeking investment opportunities has collected the following information: project aproject bproject cproject dinitial investment$400,000$250,000$150,000$ 270,000pv of cash inflows$570,000$295,000$210,000$282 ,000payback period (years)3.63.04.753.5npv of project$170,000$45,000$60,000$12,00 0profitability index1.431.181.401.04if the company makes a decision based on the net present value, which project will be selected?

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Amanda works as an industrial designer

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?