A firm is issuing new debt to finance some capital investment project. The firm will issue 20,000 new $1,000 face-value bonds that will mature in 20 years. The bonds have a coupon rate of 8% and are currently priced at par. The flotation costs that are associated with this new bond issue are expected to be $10 per bond. Further, the company has a marginal tax rate of 34%. Given this information, the before-tax cost of debt is .

On february 3, smart company sold merchandise in the amount of $5,800 to truman company, with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. the cost of the items sold is $4,000. smart uses the perpetual inventory system and the gross method. truman pays the invoice on february 8, and takes the appropriate discount. the journal entry that smart makes on february 8 is:

Cynthia is a hospitality worker in the lodging industry who prefers to cater to small groups of people. she might want to open a

Calculating and interpreting eps information wells fargo reports the following information in its 2015 form 10-k. in millions 2015 2014 wells fargo net income $24,005 $24,168 preferred stock dividends $1,535 $1,347 common stock dividends $7,400 $6,908 average common shares outstanding 5,136.5 5,237.2 diluted average common shares outstanding 5,209.8 5,324.4 determine wells fargo's basic eps for fiscal 2015 and for fiscal 2014. round answers to two decimal places.