Suppose a cigar manufacturer currently sells 1,500 cigars per week and makes a profit of $3,000 per week. the plant foreman observes, "although the last 500 cigars we produced and sold increased our revenue by $7,500 and our costs by $7,000, we are only making an overall profit of $3,000 per week so i think we need to cut back on production.

had the firm not produced and sold the last 500 cigars, would its profit be higher or lower, and if so by how much?
(a) its profit would be exist300 lower
(b) its profit would be exist 1,000 higher.
(c) its profit would be exist500 higher.
(d) its profit would be exist1, 500 lower

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

Colter steel has $5,550,000 in assets. temporary current assets $ 3,100,000 permanent current assets 1,605,000 fixed assets 845,000 total assets $ 5,550,000 assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted, with short-term rates going to 10 percent and long-term rates 2 percentage points lower than short-term rates. earnings before interest and taxes are $1,170,000. the tax rate is 40 percent earnings after taxes = ?

Do a swot analysis for the business idea you chose in question 2 above. describe at least 2 strengths, 2 weaknesses, 2 opportunities, and 2 threats for that company idea.