Janes, inc., is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $480,000 and would last for 6 years, at the end of which, the machine would have a salvage value of $58,000. the machine would reduce labor and other costs by $118,000 per year. additional working capital of $4,000 would be needed immediately, all of which would be recovered at the end of 6 years. the company requires a minimum pretax return of 17% on all investment projects. (ignore income taxes.)click here to view exhibit 13b-1 and exhibit 13b-2 to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. required: determine the net present value of the project. (negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

Shelby bought her dream car, a 1966 red convertible mustang, with a loan from her credit union. if shelby paid 5.1% and the bank earned a real rate of return of 3.5%, what was the inflation rate over the life of the loan?

Four key marketing decision variables are price (p), advertising (a), transportation (t), and product quality (q). consumer demand (d) is influenced by these variables. the simplest model for describing demand in terms of these variables is: d = k – pp + aa + tt + qq where k, p, a, t, and q are constants. discuss the assumptions of this model. specifically, how does each variable affect demand? how do the variables influence each other? what limitations might this model have? how can it be improved?