Create a short story or poem that predicts your future job as a graphic designer, world events and technological advances for the year 2040. Be creative, and include at least 2 world events and 3 technological advance categories in your story. Use double spacing, correct grammar and spelling, and paragraph structure. your work should be no less than one page in length.

Bond x is noncallable and has 20 years to maturity, a 7% annual coupon, and a $1,000 par value. your required return on bond x is 10%; if you buy it, you plan to hold it for 5 years. you (and the market) have expectations that in 5 years, the yield to maturity on a 15-year bond with similar risk will be 9.5%. how much should you be willing to pay for bond x today? (hint: you will need to know how much the bond will be worth at the end of 5 years.) do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to the nearest cent.

Newton industries is considering a project and has developed the following estimates: unit sales = 4,800, price per unit = $67, variable cost per unit = $42, annual fixed costs = $11,900. the depreciation is $14,700 a year and the tax rate is 34 percent. what effect would an increase of $1 in the selling price have on the operating cash flow?

Alocal barnes and noble bookstore ordered 80 marketing books but received 60 books. what percent of the order was missing?