Newman automobiles manufacturing is considering two alternative investment proposals with the following data: proposal x proposal y investment $ 11 comma 100 comma 000 $ 590 comma 000 useful life 5 years 5 years estimated annual net cash inflows for 5 years $ 2 comma 220 comma 000 $ 101 comma 000 residual value $ 51 comma 000 $ 23 comma 000 depreciation method straightminusline straightminusline required rate of return 14% 11% calculate the payback period for proposal x.

Medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic. hughes sought a position as a sales director for st. jude. st. jude told hughes that his contract with medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. hughes accepted. medtronic filed a suit, alleging wrongful interference. which type of interference was most likely the basis for this suit? did it occur here? medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.

You decided to charge $100 for your new computer game, but people are not buying it. what could you do to encourage people to buy your game?