"You are running a hot Internet company. Analysts predict that its earnings will grow at 40% per year for the next five years. After​ that, as competition​ increases, earnings growth is expected to slow to 2% per year and continue at that level forever. Your company has just announced earnings of $5 million. What is the present value of all future earnings if the interest rate is 7%​?  ​(Assume all cash flows occur at the end of the​ year.)

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"You are running a hot Internet company. Analysts predict that its earnings will grow at 40% per year for the next five years. After​ that, as competition​ increases, earnings growth is expected to slow to 2% per year and continue at that level forever. Your company has just announced earnings of $5 million. What is the present value of all future earnings if the interest rate is 7%​?  ​(Assume all cash flows occur at the end of the​ year.)

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