Gibson Industries Is Issuing a $1,000 Par Value Bond with an 8

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Gibson Industries is issuing a $1,000 par value bond with an 8% annual interest coupon rate that matures in 11 years.Investors are willing to pay $972,and flotation costs will be 9%.Gibson is in the 34% tax bracket.What will be the after-tax cost of new debt for the bond?

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Definitions:

Inventory

The goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate goal of resale, representing one of the most important assets for companies dealing with physical products.

FIFO

"First In, First Out," a stock valuation approach where the earliest acquired or manufactured items are the first to be sold or utilized.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set, assigning weights to each number.