Ursus, Inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $600,000 investment in equipment. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows (Ignore income taxes.): Sales $1,900,000
Variable expenses 1,300,000
Contribution margin 600,000
Fixed expenses:
Fixed out-of-pocket cash expenses $400,000
Depreciation 120,000 520,000
Net operating income $80,000

All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cash flows. The company's required rate of return is 7%.

Required:
a. Compute the project's net present value. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
b. Compute the project's internal rate of return. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole percent.)
c. Compute the project's payback period. (Round your answer to 2 decimal place.)
d. Compute the project's simple rate of return. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole percent.)

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.

Ineed this asap miguel's boss asks him to distribute information to the entire staff about a mandatory meeting. in 1–2 sentences, describe what miguel should do.