National city corporation, a bank holding company, reported earnings per share of $2.40 in 1993, and paid dividends per share of $1.06. the earnings had grown 7.5% a year over the prior five years, and were expected to grow 6% a year in the long term (starting in 1994). the stock had a beta of 1.05 and traded for ten times earnings. the treasury bond rate was 7%. (a) estimate the p/e ratio for national city corporation. (b) what long term growth rate is implied in the firm's current p/e ratio?

Cool beans is a locally owned coffee shop that competes with two large coffee chains, planeteuro and frothies. alicia, the owner, hired two students to count the number of customers that entered each of the coffee shops to estimate what percent of people who are interested in coffee are visiting each shop. after a week, the students found the following results: 589 visited cool beans, 839 visited planeteuro, and 1,290 visited frothies. the students were surprised that cool beans had 139 visits on monday which represented 59% of all people who visited one of the three coffee shops on mondays. how many people visited one of the three coffee shops during the week?

Health insurance protects you if you experience any of the following except: a: if you have to be hospitalized b: if you damage someone's property c: if you need to visit a clinic d: if you can't work because of illness

True or false payroll withholding includes income tax, social security tax, medicare tax as well as money you deduct for your retirement fund.