Patent laws:

a. increase incentive to innovate by restricting entry into a market
b. give a firm the right to provide a wide variety of goods or services
c. increase incentive to innovate by giving a firm permanent and exclusive production rights
d. reduce incentive to innovate by restricting market entry
e. reduce incentive to innovate by making it difficult to use the patented innovation

Jamie lee is reviewing her finances one month later. she has provided the actual amounts paid below. use the cash budget table below to her identify the variances in her budget. each answer must have a value for the assignment to be complete. enter "0" for any unused categories. actual amounts income: monthly expenses: gross monthly salary $2,315 rent obligation $260 net monthly salary $1,740 utilities/electricity $130 savings allocation: utilities/water $10 regular savings $130 utilities/cable tv $155 rainy-day savings $20 food $160 entertainment: gas/maintenance $205 cake decorating class $90 credit card payment $25 movies with friends $50 car insurance $75 clothing $145 budgeted amounts assets: monthly expenses: checking account $1,850 rent obligation $225 emergency fund savings account $4,300 utilities/electricity $75 car $5,200 utilities/water $35 computer & ipad $1,100 utilities/cable tv $120 liabilities: food $115 student loan $6,600 gas/maintenance $95 credit card balance $1,000 credit card payment $45 income: car insurance $45 gross monthly salary $2,155 clothing $45 net monthly salary $1,580 entertainment: savings allocation: cake decorating class $90 regular savings $130 movies with friends $50 rainy day savings $20

Put each of them in order. you are a young entrepreneur with a startup business. you now seek credit from the bank to expand it. what are the steps you will have to take? 1. you support your loan application with relevant documents. 2. you fill out the loan application form at the bank 3. you get an approval for the loan and the money is disbursed to your business account 4. you use the credit to further your business plan. 5. you have an interview with the loan officer and you explain your business plan.

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