Company Large in the primary metal manufacturing subsector buys copper ore from a mining company and refines it to make wiring. Company Small in the computer manufacturing subsector buys the copper wiring and uses it to produce communication equipment and cables. How many more production workers for every 600 full-time employees would you expect to find at Company Large than at Company Small?

The beach dude (bd) employs a legion of current and former surfers as salespeople who push its surfing-oriented products to various customers (usually retail outlets). this case describes bd's sales and collection process. each bd salesperson works with a specific group of customers throughout the year. in fact, they often surf with their customers to try out the latest surf gear. the bd salespeople act laid-back, but they work hard for their sales. each sale often involves hours of surfing with their customers while the customers sample all the latest surf wear. because bd makes the best surfing products, the customers look forward to the visits from the bd salespeople. and they often buy a lot of gear. each sale is identified by a unique invoice number and usually involves many different products. customers pay for each sale in full within 30 days, but they can combine payments for multiple sales. bd manages its clothing inventory by item (e.g., xl bd surfer logo t-shirts), identified by product number, but it also classifies the items by clothing line (the lines are differentiated by price points as well as the intended use of the clothing, e.g., surfing products, casual wear, . draw a uml class diagram that describes the beach dudes sales and collection process.b. using microsoft access, implement a relational database from your uml class diagram. identify at least three fields per table.c. describe how you would use the relational database to determine the beach dude’s accounts receivable.

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

Blake edwards has done some research and has discovered that economists believe interest rates will rise significantly over the next two years. blake believes that this will lead to fewer homes being sold and fewer jobs in the banking and mortgage industries. this is an example of influencing jobs in the future.