Shawn claims that he multitasks very effectively, and also says that he actually performs better while multitasking than when doing a single task. you ask shawn to test this claim. shawn reads a newspaper article while listening to a baseball game, and then reads another article in silence. based on research on multitasking, when you time shawn's reading speed and test his comprehension, you are likely to find that his reading is a) both slower and less accurate when listening to the game b) faster slower and less accurate when listening to the game c) both d) none of these

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805