Charlie Corporation is considering buying a new donut maker. This machine will replace an old donut maker that still has a useful life of 6 years. The new machine will cost $3,700 a year to operate, as opposed to the old machine, which costs $4,050 per year to operate. Also, because of increased capacity, an additional 21,000 donuts a year can be produced. The company makes a contribution margin of $0.10 per donut. The old machine can be sold for $8,000 and the new machine costs $31,000. The incremental annual net cash inflows provided by the new machine would be (Ignore income taxes.):

Moon flower cosmetics company executives are aware that their asian customer base is interested in advanced skin care treatments beyond moon flower's traditional herbal and organic compounds. moon flower and a large american chemical company are in discussions to create a 50-50 partnership in a new firm, which would create skin care treatments based on innovative chemical formulations that would be marketed both in asia and in the united states. beyond being a cross-border alliance, this partnership can be called a(n)a. nonequity strategic alliance.b. joint venture.c. horizontal complementary alliance.d. equity strategic alliance.