SciTronics had a total of $ 102,000 (75,000 + 27,000) of capital at year-end 2008 and earned before interest but after taxes (EBIAT) $ 16,120 (avg. tax rate = 38%) during 2008. Its return on capital was 15.8% in 2008 which represented an increase from the 8.7% earned in 2005. 4. SciTronics had $ 75,000 of owners’ equity and earned $ 14,000 after taxes in 2008.
Illegal Immigration and their Impact on the United States Have you ever wondered why our cities are becoming smaller and smaller by the minute? No, they are not sinking into the ground, and no they are certainly not being shrunk by alien rays from flying objects. Only one other possible explanation can be drawn, illegal immigrants. They come to the United States in , as they say, hopes for a better future for their families. They take all of our and jobs and money and send it back to their families in their country of origin.
Discount rate = 10%. Corporation B: Revenues = $150,000 in year one, increasing by 8% each year. Expenses = $60,000 in year one, increasing by 10% each year/ Depreciation expense = $10,000 each year. Tax rate = 25%. Discount rate = 11%.
C) The answers are different because if the interest is left untouched, it makes the principal amount higher each year, giving more money after 10 years. Compounded interest allows for more money that simple interest would. 2. A) If the individual retires at the age of 65, having started the program at age 40, there would be $219,318 in the account. $3,000 x (8% in 25 years) 3000 x 73.106 = $219,318 B) If
From this we know that a) Firm A has a higher profit margin than firm B b) Firm B has a higher profit margin than firm A c) Firm A and B have the same profit margin d) Firm A has a higher equity multiplier than firm B 16. If you deposit $15,000 per year for 9 years (each deposit is made at the beginning of each year) in an account that pays an annual interest rate of 8%, what will your account be worth at the end of 9 years? 17. You plan to accumulate $450,000 over a period of 12 years by making equal annual deposits in an account that pays an annual interest rate of 9% (assume all payments will occur at the beginning of each year). What amount must you deposit each year to reach your
Jenna Taylor Emily Bayus Lindsay Shewmaker English 102 1 December 2013 Illegal Immigration: The problem and the Solution [INSERT INTRODUCTION HERE] In the United States of America, as of 2011, there are an estimated eleven million illegal immigrants from across the globe (mostly coming from Mexico). Illegal immigrants that come from around the world are simply looking for the good ole “American Dream”, and that’s what we have to offer, right? So why not just let them enter peacefully, so that they can fulfill this dream, and live happily ever after. I mean heck, the only reason that we, as Americans have any opposition over illegal immigration is because of racism, right? Wrong.
Clearly, being asylum seekers, these people are fleeing something at least moderately a situation where the Sri Lankan government is killing 1400 a week of the 300,000 detained in concentration camps. This horror, that drives people to flee with nothing other than the clothes on their back, and the politicians and the media are calling them a “push factor”. The Australian governments think of the people escaping war as thinking of these people as livestock and as less marketable, not profitable, but apparently just as disposable. With this in thought the government should think again and change its mind so that they can see that Asylum seekers should be brought into Australia. The asylums gamble to get to our country and get a decent life, riding in rickety, dangerous boats, but then our country does the wrong thing and rejects them which seem very cruel.
Alannah Francis All across the world, hundreds of thousands of children are forced to become child soldiers. They are numbed by the loud noise of gunfire and splatters of blood. They commit crimes to stay alive. Most importantly, when they come back from war, they face a dilemma. Recently, the new book, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier, has drawn attention to the issue of child soldiers.
As a result, the "budget for U.S. Customs and Border Protection has in total increased by 92 percent from $6.0 billion in 2003 to $11.3 billion in 2009" (Immigration Reform). Now with America increasing its spending, there should be cutbacks to the number of illegal immigrants pouring into America right? It is the exact opposite. According to Ojeda, "the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States has roughly tripled in size over the past decades, from an estimated 3.5 million in 1990 to 11.9 million in 2008" (Immigration Reform). With all the money America is spending to restrict illegal immigration, the number of immigrants are not decreasing.
Once costs are in control, Yamana’s margins will see a positive impact. For instance, in the second half of the year, the company expects its production to increase by nearly 15%. Yamana Gold projects full-year production of 1.3 million ounces of gold, with the all-in sustaining cost expected to average somewhere around $830 an ounce. This is lower than the current gold price of around $1,150 an ounce, indicating that as the year progresses and gold prices improve, Yamana’s margins will get