Kay borrowed $200,000 for her business. First Bank loaned the money but required a surety and collateral. Kay put up her boat, valued at $110,000, and Anson agreed to guarantee the entire loan. After Kay had paid $50,000 of the loan, she asked First Bank to release the collateral since she wanted to sell it to her brother. The bank looked at her perfect payment record and agreed. Two weeks later, she sold the business, took the boat to Brazil, and never was heard from again. Can First Bank collect from Anson?

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