Wj group inc., a large multinational conglomerate, had begun to experience declining revenues over the years. the top management at the headquarters of the company decided that it was important for the company to avoid deviating from its core competencies. thus, a few of the company's key businesses like energy, telecommunications, and automobiles were centralized, giving the top management more control over them. also, relatively newer businesses like beverages and food processing were divested. in this scenario, wj group is involved in

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Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

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