In 2012, the campbell soup company acquired bolthouse farms for $1.55 billion. this acquisition increased the level of vertical integration in campbell, as bolthouse farms owned and operated extensive farming operations where it produced many food items used in campbell's products. suppose that the value of produce provided by these farms after the acquisition would be $90 million per year for campbell and that, in addition, campbell could save $20 million per year in costs it would otherwise spend in searching for and negotiating over equivalent produce. however, the transaction cost of the acquisition (lawyers' fees, re-locating some production facilities, paying severance to unnecessary employees, etc.) required a one-time payment of $45 million. assume that campbell receives the produce related benefits in perpetuity. if the interest rate used to discount future earnings is 5%, what is the present value of net benefits to campbell? the present value (pv) of net benefits to campbell is pvequals$ nothing million. (enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills.what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i.e, his fifth year, not his junior year).

Emerson has an associate degree based on the chart below how will his employment opportunities change from 2008 to 2018

P8-4b dropping unfavorable division based on the following analysis of last year's operations of groves, inc., a financial vice president of the company believes that the firm's total net income could be increased by $160,000 if its design division were discontinued. (amounts are given in the thousands of dollars.) required provide answers for each of the following independent situations: a. assuming that total fixed costs and expenses would not be affected by discontinuing the design division, prepare an analysis showing why you agree or disagree with the vice president. b. assume that the discontinuance of the design division will enable the company to avoid 30% of the fixed portion of cost of services and 40% of the fixed operating expenses allocated to the design division. calculate the resulting effect on net income. c. assume that in addition to the cost avoidance in requirement (b), the capacity released by discontinuance of the design division can be used to provide 6,000 new services that would have a variable cost per service of $60 and would require additional fixed costs totaling $68,000. at what unit price must the new service be sold if groves is to increase its total net income by $180,000?