An investor obtained a fully amortizing mortgage five years ago for $175,000 at 11.5% for 30 years. Mortgage rates have dropped so that a fully amortizing 20-year loan can be obtained at 10%. There is no prepayment penalty on the mortgage balance of the original loan, but 3 points will be charged on the new loan and other closing costs will be $3000. All payments are monthly. What is the effective "return" earned by the investor if he refinances

Yowell company granted a sales discount of $360 to a customer when it collected the amount due on account. yowell uses the perpetual inventory system. which of the following answers reflects the effects on the financial statements of only the discount? assets = liab. + equity rev. − exp. = net inc. cash flow a. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) (360 ) oa b. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na c. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) na d. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?

Barbara flynn is in charge of maintaining hospital supplies at general hospital. during the past year, the mean lead time demand for bandage bx-5 was 65 (and was normally distributed). furthermore, the standard deviation for bx-5 was 6. ms. flynn would like to maintain a 90% service level.refer to the standard normal table for z-values.a) what safety stock level do you recommend for bx-5? safety stock=)what is the appropriate reorder point? reorder point=