Current Year Prior Year Accounts payable, end of year $ 4,603 $ 8,548 Accounts receivable, net, end of year 18,685 15,726 Inventory, end of year 6,904 6,055 Net sales 220,000 205,000 Cost of goods sold 140,000 130,000 (1) Use the information above to compute the number of days in the cash conversion cycle for each year. (2) Did the company manage cash more effectively in the current year?

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.

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