One commonly hears reference to "the one percent" referring to the people whose income is in the top 1% of incomes. What is the data behind that number and where do others fall? Using the National Average Wage Index (AWI), an index used by the Social Security Administration to gauge individual's earnings for the purpose of calculating their retirement benefit, we can answer such questions.

Match the steps for conducting an informational interview with the tasks in each step.

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?