Suppose a taxpayer invests $100,000 in a partnership. the taxpayer faces a personal tax rate of 70% and a tax rate on capital gains of 28%. in the first year, the partnership spends the entire $100,000 on research, which the taxpayer can claim as a deduction agains her other income. in the second year, the partnership sells the developed technology, and the taxpayer's share of the sale price is $50,000, which is taxed as a capital gain. (ignore the time value of money in your answer.) a. what is the pretax rate of return to the taxpayer?
b. what is the after-tax rate of return to the taxpayer?

Which p shifts to consumer in the four cs of the alternate marketing mix? a) promotion b) product c) place d) price

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?

What do you think: would it be more profitable to own 200 shares of penny’s pickles or 1 share of exxon? why do you think that?