1. The government is mulling protecting the shoe industry. It estimates it needs to protect it for 6 years to the tune of $5 billion cost annually. Afterward, the shoe industry will return $200 million annually to the US society. Assume the repayment benefit lasts 100 years and the discount rate is 9%. Based on only economic reasoning and not political reasons, does it behoove the government to aid this industry? You need to explain lucidly what the analysis is. If you just compute numbers, it is not sufficient.

Marketing1. suppose the average price for a new disposable cell phone is $20, and the total market potential for that product is $4 million. topco, inc. has a planned market share of 10 percent. how many phones does topco have the potential to sell in this market? 20,0002. use the data from question 3 to calculate topco, inc.'s planned market share in dollars. $400,0003. atlantic car rental charges $29.95 per day to rent a mid-size automobile. pacific car rental, atlantic's main competitor, just reduced prices on all its car rentals. in response, atlantic reduced its prices by 5 percent. now how much does it cost to rent a mid-size automobile from atlantic? $28.45

Colter steel has $5,550,000 in assets. temporary current assets $ 3,100,000 permanent current assets 1,605,000 fixed assets 845,000 total assets $ 5,550,000 assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted, with short-term rates going to 10 percent and long-term rates 2 percentage points lower than short-term rates. earnings before interest and taxes are $1,170,000. the tax rate is 40 percent earnings after taxes = ?

Which of the following is the term for something that you can't live without 1. need 2. want 3. good 4. service