Costco can purchase a bag of Starbucks coffee for $20.00 less discounts of 20%, 15%, and 7%. It then adds a 40% markup on cost. Expenses are known to be 25% of the regular unit selling price.

a. What is the cost of the coffee?

b. What is the regular unit selling price?

c. How much profit will Costco make on a bag of Starbucks coffee?

d. What markup on selling price percentage does this represent?

e. Repeat questions (a) through (d) if the list price changes from $20.00 to $24.00.

Explain why, if two mutually exclusive projects are being compared, the project that generates most of its cash flows in the beginning of its life might have the higher ranking under the NV criterion if the required rate of return is high, whereas the project that generates most of its cash flows toward the end of its life might be deemed better if the required rate of return is low. Would changes in the firms required rate of return ever cause a change in the IRR ranking of two such projects? Explain.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding interest rates? Choose all the correct answers.

a. Borrowers’ preference for long duration and lenders’ preference for short duration causes the term premium to be positive.
b. Zero-coupon bonds are less sensitive to interest rate changes compared to coupon bonds with the same time to maturity.
c. The yield curve is usually flat.
d. Bonds with greater default risk typically trade at lower yield-to-maturities.
e. An inverted yield curve serves as a negative indicator for the future state of the economy.

Consider the following two bonds. One bond with a coupon rate of 6%, semi-annual coupons, and 20 years until maturity. The second bond has 10 years until maturity but is otherwise the same. a. What is the most you should pay for each asset if current yields are 7%? b. Do the bonds sell at a premium or a discount? c. Suppose current yields increase to 8%, what are the new bond prices? d. Which bond is more sensitive to yield changes? How can you tell?

Pension reporting for state and local governments that have established a qualifying irrevocable trust require that: Select one: A. Changes in the net pension liability is reported as pension expense in an employer's government-wide statement of activities. B. Governments have an option of reporting or not reporting the net pension liability in an employer's government-wide statement of net position. C. The actuarial accrued liability is reported in an employer's government-wide statement of net position. D. A net pension liability is reported in an employer's government-wide financial statements.

For this project, you will place yourself in the role of HR manager or executive of a medium-large company. Your responsibility is to communicate important information throughout your organization in response to ONE of the following scenarios:

• Changes you are making in the company’s health insurance plan will now require a significant financial contribution from employees in the form of payroll deductions. This type of change is being necessitated due to rising insurance costs, which is costing the company important revenue. Rumors of this change have reached employees, and there are rumblings of employees threatening to unionize.

Within this unit, we discussed how businesses may need to adapt to changing times in order to stay competitive. Their initial practices may have worked well previously, but may not serve them well in the long term. The newspaper industry is one that may face extinction. Explain why they may need to rethink their business strategy, and provide some advice on possible strategic management changes. Be specific to include goals/objects, strengths, and weaknesses. Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

In a negatively supercoiled circular plasmid (covalently closed), the transition of a small region of B-DNA to Z-DNA can be induced. If this region involves a 12 base pair alternating d(CG) sequence in the closed plasmid, determine changes to W, T, and L after the induced B-to-Z transition. (Remember: ~10 base pairs per right-handed turn for B-DNA and -12 base pairs per left-handed turn for Z-DNA, i.e. Z-DNA twists in the opposite direction).