3. McCormick & Company is considering establishing new products in a new factory in Largo, Maryland. Theproject is expected to last for eight years. To determine the right financing option, you need to determine the appropriate discount based on the weighted average cost of capital. The cost of equity is estimated using the capital asset pricing model. Cash flows are assumed to be steady, the nominal risk-free rate for the short-term US government treasury bills is 1.5 percent, the 10-year government bonds rate is 2.5 percent, and the inflation rate is 2.54 percent. What is the real risk-free rate? Then, assume a beta of 1.2 and a market return of 5 percent. What is the cost of equity?

4. McCormick& Company is considering purchasing a new factory in Largo, Maryland. After you and your team have conducted an analysis of alternative investments and cost of capital, McCormick has decided that a risk premium of 13 percent is appropriate for the investment into a new factory. Adding the risk premium to the current risk-free rate of 7 percent, what is the minimum acceptable rate of return?

1.Liz is retiring from the US Postal Service and will turn 70 next year. After 39 years of service, her monthly pension is $7,500.  She does not qualify for Social Security.  Liz has accumulated $700,000 in her thrift savings plan.  The government requires that she convert it to an annuity or move it to a IRA.  All of the money is pretax and tax can be avoided if it is moved to the IRA.  The annuity will be calculated based on her life expectancy of 17.5 years after age 70. The current USTreasury long-term bond rate is 3 percent. How much will she get as an annuity monthly payment?  Should Liz take the annuity or move the money to the IRA? The tax regulations require that she take out 4 percent of the amount each year.

2. Kathy plans to move to Maryland and take a job at McCormick as the assistant director of HR. She and her husband, Stan, plan to buy a house in Garrison, MD, and their budget is $500,000. They have $100,000 for the down payment and McCormick will pay for closing costs. They are considering either a 30-year mortgage at 4.5 percent annual rate or a 15 year mortgage at 4 percent. Calculate the monthly payment for each. Property taxes and insurance will add $1,000 per month to which ever mortgage they choose. What should Kathy and Stan do?

identify a new initiative utilizing new technology in your organization or a health care organization with which you are familiar. (Examples: online training for annual competency training, tele-visits, a move from traditional servers to cloud data management, operations systems in place in supply chain management, bar coding, inventory management, etc.) Once you have identified the initiative, conduct an online search to find information about IT implementation for similar initiatives in other industries.

The Assignment:

In 3–4 pages, describe the operational impacts of the new initiative you identified. Explain how the initiative transformed your organization. Apply your observations about other industries to your analysis of the initiatives in your organization. Assess how the common traits of a successful IT transformation apply to your organization.

In the new environment, which two of Porter's five forces are critical to New York Times?

Analyze them, and suggest what New York Times must do to manage those forces.

(I need a new answer that has not been included on here and new references.) You have been asked by your supervisor to develop a PowerPoint presentation for an upcoming training on the following topics: ethics, international factors, and cross-cultural considerations in project management.

Using 15-20 slides, create a PowerPoint presentation in which you discuss the following as it relates to successful project management:

A summary of each topic as it relates to project management

Challenges (common pitfalls) and opportunities for growth and/or improvement

Solutions for dealing with challenges common in project management

Include one scenario applicable to each concept in which your coworkers will have to determine an appropriate response to handling the issue presented in the scenario and faced by a project management team

6. Pavement Design:

New pavement design is to be constructed in 2026. The new average daily traffic for commercial vehicles on the opening day will be 1700. Use:

Growth rate = 6%

Subgrade CBR = 3%

Design life = 20 years

New revenue accounting standard impact: • What is the potential impact (old vs new) on their revenue recognition of the new standard on the company. It would be better if you provide the resources, websites are enough

31. Suppose a company is considering buying a new copier. The new machine is less labor intensive, and would save somewhat on the wage bill. A clerical assistant, working 10 hours a week (for 50 weeks a year), would not be needed any longer. This assistant, including all benefits and other compensation costs, costs $20 an hour.

A. What is the annual wage savings?

B. Suppose that the machine would last for 5 years. It requires a maintenance agreement, which would cost $500 annually. Use a discount rate of 5%. What is the most the company should be willing to pay for it?

Question 2

1. Contrast “New-Classical ” and “New Keynesian” models on the relationship of money and output in the short run.

2. Appraise the following statement,

1. “Both new Keynesian and new classical economists recommend against using the stabilisation policy to reduce output fluctuations”.
2. “Monetary policies may not able to fine tune the economy due to long and variable lags”.

1. Create a new “Area” project.
   1. Create a new Visual Studio Project and call it “Area”.
   2. This project will be used to calculate the area of certain figures, like circles, squares and rectangles.
   3. So add a title to the Form. The Form Title should say “Area”. Also add 3 labels, 3 Buttons, 3 Textboxes and 3 RadioButtons. The 3 Buttons should be near the bottom of the Form and say “Calc Area”, “Clear” and “Exit”. Make sure to give all your components names that make sense, like we did in the “GoTeam” project. The Labels and Textboxes should be near the top towards the right side. The labels should say “Radius”, “Width” and “Area” and the 3 Textboxes should be empty. And the 3 RadioButtons should be in the middle near the left side. They should read “Circle”, “Square” and “Rectangle”.
   4. Add all these components and run this project. Use the Properties window to change any colors or Fonts that you would like.

Assign 2: Add to the “Area” project from Lab #1.  

1. When the user selects the “Circle” radio button….make sure the top Label says “Radius:” and only one textbox is visible.
2. Then when the user clicks on the “Calculate” button…..calculate the area of a circle and display it in the “Area” textbox.   
3. When the user selects the “Square” radio button…. make sure the top Label says “Side:” and only one textbox is visible.
4. Then when the user clicks on the “Calculate” button…..calculate the area of a square and display it in the “Area” textbox.
5. When the user selects the “Rectangle” radio button…. make sure the top Label says “Height:” and the bottom Label say “Width:”. and only one textbox is visible.
6. Then when the user clicks on the “Calculate” button…..calculate the area of a rectangle and display it in the “Area” textbox.
7. Add an “Exit” button to this project. Make the exit button work.

Add a “Clear” button to this project. Also make the Clear button work, clear should clear all textbaoxes

Explain why choosing Canada as your new location for a new software development company is a good idea.