Article from that website address （copy the address and open it for read）, and finish those questions after read article. Thanks

The Hidden Cost of Vanilla

Use the article at https://www.danwatch.dk/en/undersogelse/thehiddencostofvanilla/ to answer the following questions.

1. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) what is the standard of living in Madagascar (what does the majority of the population live on per day?)

2. Who are the parties involved in producing and distributing vanilla from Madagascar?

3. Who has the most control over price? Why?

4. Why do farmers have no influence on pricing?

5. What type of market structure are vanilla farmers operating in? List some of the characteristics of this type of market structure.

6. What was the international price of vanilla in 2003-2004? In 2008-2010? In 2016?

7. Why does the price of vanilla fluctuate so much?

8. Why are children employed in vanilla farming, even though it is illegal for children under the age of 15 to work?

9. What are the “vanilla flower contracts” referred to in the article?

10. Why is the rampant theft of vanilla not addressed?

11. What steps are being taken to change the lives of vanilla farmers?

12. What else would you suggest to improve the situation?

Article from that website address （copy the address and open it for read）, and finish those questions after read article. Thanks

The Hidden Cost of Vanilla

Use the article at https://www.danwatch.dk/en/undersogelse/thehiddencostofvanilla/ to answer the following questions.

1. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) what is the standard of living in Madagascar (what does the majority of the population live on per day?)

2. Who are the parties involved in producing and distributing vanilla from Madagascar?

3. Who has the most control over price? Why?

4. Why do farmers have no influence on pricing?

5. What type of market structure are vanilla farmers operating in? List some of the characteristics of this type of market structure.

6. What was the international price of vanilla in 2003-2004? In 2008-2010? In 2016?

7. Why does the price of vanilla fluctuate so much?

8. Why are children employed in vanilla farming, even though it is illegal for children under the age of 15 to work?

9. What are the “vanilla flower contracts” referred to in the article?

10. Why is the rampant theft of vanilla not addressed?

11. What steps are being taken to change the lives of vanilla farmers?

12. What else would you suggest to improve the situation?

The following table gives Foust Company's earnings per share for the last 10 years. The common stock, 7.6 million shares outstanding, is now (1/1/20) selling for $70.00 per share. The expected dividend at the end of the current year (12/31/20) is 55% of the 2019 EPS. Because investors expect past trends to continue, g may be based on the historical earnings growth rate. (Note that 9 years of growth are reflected in the 10 years of data.)

a.The current interest rate on new debt is 11%; Foust's marginal tax rate is 25%; and its target capital structure is 40% debt and 60% equity.

Calculate Foust's after-tax cost of debt. Round your answer to two decimal places. %

b.Calculate Foust's cost of common equity. Calculate the cost of equity as rs = D1/P0 + g. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. %

c.Find Foust's WACC. D not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

The following table gives Foust Company's earnings per share for the last 10 years. The common stock, 8.6 million shares outstanding, is now (1/1/17) selling for $77 per share. The expected dividend at the end of the current year (12/31/17) is 50% of the 2016 EPS. Because investors expect past trends to continue, g may be based on the historical earnings growth rate. (Note that 9 years of growth are reflected in the 10 years of data.)

The current interest rate on new debt is 9%; Foust's marginal tax rate is 40%; and its target capital structure is 30% debt and 70% equity.

1. Calculate Foust's after-tax cost of debt. Round your answer to two decimal places.
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   Calculate Foust's cost of common equity. Calculate the cost of equity as r_s = D₁/P₀ + g. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
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3. Find Foust's WACC. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
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The following table gives Foust Company's earnings per share for the last 10 years. The common stock, 8.2 million shares outstanding, is now (1/1/17) selling for $77 per share. The expected dividend at the end of the current year (12/31/17) is 40% of the 2016 EPS. Because investors expect past trends to continue, g may be based on the historical earnings growth rate. (Note that 9 years of growth are reflected in the 10 years of data.)

The current interest rate on new debt is 11%; Foust's marginal tax rate is 40%; and its target capital structure is 40% debt and 60% equity.

1. Calculate Foust's after-tax cost of debt. Round your answer to two decimal places.
   %
   
   Calculate Foust's cost of common equity. Calculate the cost of equity as r_s = D₁/P₀ + g. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
   %
2. Find Foust's WACC. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
   %

10.1The following table gives Foust Company's earnings per share for the last 10 years. The common stock, 8.2 million shares outstanding, is now (1/1/20) selling for $77.00 per share. The expected dividend at the end of the current year (12/31/20) is 60% of the 2019 EPS. Because investors expect past trends to continue, g may be based on the historical earnings growth rate. (Note that 9 years of growth are reflected in the 10 years of data.)

The current interest rate on new debt is 11%; Foust's marginal tax rate is 25%; and its target capital structure is 50% debt and 50% equity.

1. Calculate Foust's after-tax cost of debt. Round your answer to two decimal places.

   %

   Calculate Foust's cost of common equity. Calculate the cost of equity as r_s = D₁/P₀ + g. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

   %

2. Find Foust's WACC. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

   %

The following table gives Foust Company's earnings per share for the last 10 years. The common stock, 8.1 million shares outstanding, is now (1/1/20) selling for $70.00 per share. The expected dividend at the end of the current year (12/31/20) is 50% of the 2019 EPS. Because investors expect past trends to continue, g may be based on the historical earnings growth rate. (Note that 9 years of growth are reflected in the 10 years of data.)

The current interest rate on new debt is 11%; Foust's marginal tax rate is 25%; and its target capital structure is 40% debt and 60% equity.

1. Calculate Foust's after-tax cost of debt. Round your answer to two decimal places.

     %

   Calculate Foust's cost of common equity. Calculate the cost of equity as r_s = D₁/P₀ + g. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

     %

2. Find Foust's WACC. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Fashions Inc’ s December 31, 2019 balance sheet showed total common equity of $4,000,000 and 290,000 shares of stock outstanding. During 2020, the firm had $450,000 of net income, and it paid out $150,000 as dividends. Assuming no common stock was either issued or retired during 2020.What was the book value per share at 12/31/20?

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I am reading from the txt file

and I put everytihng inside of the String[], like that:

String[] values = str.split(", ");

But, now I have to retrieve the data from it one by one. How can I do it?

Here is the txt file:

OneTime, finish the project, 2020-10-15
Monthly, wash the car, 2020-11-10

Thanks!

In 2020, Avalanche Corporation has $70,000 of net income from operations during the current year. In addition, Avalanche received $180,000 of dividend income from a corporation in which Avalanche has a 10% ownership interest. What is Avalanche’s dividends received deduction for 2020?

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