In January 2022, Logan Corporation, a newly formed company, issued 10,000 shares of its $10 par common stock for $15 per share. On July 1, 2022, Logan Corporation reacquired 1,000 shares of its outstanding stock for $12 per share. The acquisition of these treasury shares: Group of answer choices increased total stockholders' equity. decreased the number of issued shares. decreased total stockholders' equity. did not change total stockholders' equity.

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

The purchasing agent for a company that assembles and sells air-conditioning equipment in a latin american country noted that the cost of compressors has increased significantly each time they have been reordered. the company uses an eoq model to determine order size. what are the implications of this price escalation with respect to order size? what factors other than price must be taken into consideration?

What part of the rational model of decision-making does the former business executive “elliott” have a problem completing?