Harvey Quit His Job at State University, Where He Earned

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Multiple Choice

Harvey quit his job at State University, where he earned $45,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial income to be $5,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $100,000 in bonds that earned 10 percent interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 11,000 units of software at $75 for each unit. Of the $75 per unit, $55 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building.The total revenues of Harvey's firm in the first year were

• A)$220,000.
• B)$105,000.
• C)$605,000.
• D)$825,000.

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Definitions:

Securities

Financial instruments that represent an ownership position in a publicly-traded corporation, a creditor relationship with a governmental body or a corporation, or rights to ownership as represented by an option.

Primary Market

The financial market where new securities are sold to initial buyers directly by the issuer, often through underwriting.

Securities

Instruments of finance that denote a share in a company available on the public stock exchange, an obligation owed to investors by governments or businesses (bonds), or the assignment of ownership via options.

Investment Banks

Financial institutions that provide various services including underwriting, acting as intermediaries in mergers and acquisitions, and facilitating securities trading.