XYZ Gadget Company is currently considering which investment projects it should undertake. The following list of projects along with the estimated rate of return of each project is presented to the executive management team: Project A (9%) Project B (7.5%) Project C (6%) Project D (11%) Project E (5.5%) The current interest rate in the loanable funds market is 7%. However, the government is considering an increase in government borrowing to implement fiscal policy. How high would interest rates need to go to induce the company to drop all but one of its planned investment projects

The following accounts are denominated in pesos as of december 31, 2015. for reporting purposes, these amounts need to be stated in u.s. dollars. for each balance, indicate the exchange rate that would be used if a translation is made under the current rate method. then, again for each account, provide the exchange rate that would be necessary if a remeasurement is being made using the temporal method. the company was started in 2000. the buildings were acquired in 2002 and the patents in 2003. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) exchange rates for 1 peso are as follows: 2000 1 peso = $ 0.28 2002 1 = 0.26 2003 1 = 0.25 january 1, 2015 1 = 0.24 april 1, 2015 1 = 0.23 july 1, 2015 1 = 0.22 october 1, 2015 1 = 0.20 december 31, 2015 1 = 0.16 average for 2015 1 = 0.19

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)

Labor unions have used which of the following to win passage of favorable laws such as shorter work weeks and the minimum wage? a. strikes b. collective bargaining c. lobbying d. lockouts