Jonathan simpson owns a construction company. one day a subcontractor calls him saying that he needs a replacement check for the job he completed at 1437 elm street. jonathan looks up the job on his accounting program and agrees to reissue the check for $12,750. the subcontractor says that the original check was for only $10,750. jonathan looks around the office and cannot find the company checkbook or ledger. only one other person has access to the accounting program. jonathan calls you to investigate. how would you proceed? write a one-page report detailing the steps jonathan needs to take to obtain the necessary evidence to protect his company.

Find a company that has followed a strong strategic direction- state that generic strategy and the back-up points to support your position.

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

Your father offers you a choice of $120,000 in 11 years or $48,500 today. use appendix b as an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a-1. if money is discounted at 11 percent, what is the present value of the $120,000?