Filer Manufacturing has 6,694,425 shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $62.15, and the book value per share is $7.54. Filer Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $62,983,737, has a 0.07 coupon, matures in 27 years and sells for 98 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $71,686,088, has a 0.07 coupon, matures in 8 years, and sells for 89 percent of par. The most recent dividend was $2.27 and the dividend growth rate is 0.04. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average of that implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 0.31. What is Filer's cost of equity

(blank) is the type of competition that occurs in a competitive market without identical producers.

The following data pertains to activity and costs for two months: june july activity level in 10,000 12,000 direct materials $16,000 $ ? fixed factory rent 12,000 ? manufacturing overhead 10,000 ? total cost $38,000 $42,900 assuming that these activity levels are within the relevant range, the manufacturing overhead for july was: a) $10,000 b) $11,700 c) $19,000 d) $9,300

Walmart’s scm system walmart is famous for its low prices, and you may have experienced its low prices first-hand. at least, you have probably seen its motto, “always low prices— always.” one of the biggest reasons walmart is able to sell at prices lower than almost everyone else is that it has a superefficient supply chain. its it-enabled supply chain management system is the envy of the industry because it drives excess time and unnecessary costs out of the supply chain. so, because walmart can buy low, it sells low. as a matter of fact, if your company wants to sell items to walmart for it to sell in its stores, you will have to do business with it electronically. if your company can’t do that, walmart won’t buy anything from you. log on to walmart’s web site (), search for supplier information, and find out what walmart’s requirements are for its suppliers to do business with it electronically. prepare a brief summary of its requirements for presentation in clas