Aprospective buyer submits an offer to purchase a home for $256,000. the seller changes the price to $260,000, initials the change, signs the offer and sends it back to the purchaser. what has occurred here?

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.