Respond to the following comments.

a. “Our cost of debt is too darn high, but our banks won’t reduce interest rates as long as we’re stuck in this volatile widget-trading business. We’ve got to acquire other companies with safer income streams.”

b. “Merge with Fledgling Electronics? No way! Their P/E’s too high. That deal would knock 20 percent off our earnings per share.”

c. “Our stock’s at an all-time high. It’s time to make our offer for Digital Organics. Sure, we’ll have to offer a hefty premium to Digital stockholders, but we don’t have to pay in cash. We’ll give them new shares of our stock.”