Nestlé of Switzerland is revisiting its cost of equity analysis. As a result of extraordinary actions by the Swiss Central Bank, the Swiss bond index yield (10-year maturity) has dropped to a record low of %. The Swiss equity markets have been averaging % returns, while the Financial Times global equity market returns, indexed back to Swiss francs, stands at %. Nestlé's corporate treasury staff has estimated the company's domestic beta at , but its global beta (against the larger global equity market portfolio) at . a. What is Nestlé's cost of equity based on the domestic portfolio for a Swiss investor?
b. What is Nestlé's cost of equity based on a global portfolio for a Swiss investor?

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $

Kinc. has provided the following data for the month of may: inventories: beginning ending work in process $ 17,000 $ 12,000 finished goods $ 46,000 $ 50,000 additional information: direct materials $ 57,000 direct labor cost $ 87,000 manufacturing overhead cost incurred $ 63,000 manufacturing overhead cost applied to work in process $ 61,000 any underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead is closed out to cost of goods sold. the adjusted cost of goods sold that appears on the income statement for may is: