Did you know that many companies are now asking their entire accounting and finance staff to...

Did you know that many companies are now asking their entire accounting and finance staff to sign off on the accuracy of their work for quarterly financial reporting? This is a relatively new trend where even "lower level" employees are signing these internal company documents. This then goes up the hierarchy chain to the highest level, CEO and CFO. Why are companies going to the lowest levels in the organization to do this now? What are some pros/cons of this...

What shape does the LM curve take when the central bank fixes the interest rate instead...

What shape does the LM curve take when the central bank fixes the interest rate instead of money supply? How does monetary policy work in such an economy?

Anderson International Limited is evaluating a project in Erewhon. The project will create the following cash...

Anderson International Limited is evaluating a project in Erewhon. The project will create the following cash flows: Year Cash Flow 0 –$590,000 1 220,000 2 163,000 3 228,000 4 207,000 All cash flows will occur in Erewhon and are expressed in dollars. In an attempt to improve its economy, the Erewhonian government has declared that all cash flows created by a foreign company are “blocked” and must be reinvested with the government for one year. The reinvestment rate for these...

You are trying to assess the risk and return of your portfolio. You put a quarter...

You are trying to assess the risk and return of your portfolio. You put a quarter of your money in small stocks with a beta of 2.8 and an expected return of 18%. You put half your money in large stocks with a beta of 1.8 and an expected return of 12%. You invest one-eighth of your money in a well-diversified portfolio like the S&P 500 index with a beta of 1 and an expected return of 8%, and the...

1. The Speedjet Aircraft Corporation has a central materials laboratory. The laboratory has only two users,...

1. The Speedjet Aircraft Corporation has a central materials laboratory. The laboratory has only two users, the Large Plane Department and the Small Plane Department. The following data apply to the coming budget year: Budgeted costs of operating the materials laboratory for 100,000 to 200,000 technician hours per year: Fixed costs per year $8,200,000 Variable costs $74 per technician hour Budgeted long-run usage in hours per year: Large Plane Department 90,000 technician hours Small Plane Department 110,000 technician hours Budgeted...

12 .Which one of these assets is the MOST liquid one? Select one: a. Land b....

12 .Which one of these assets is the MOST liquid one? Select one: a. Land b. A corporate bond 13. Justin pays for his groceries using a debit card. Justin is using money as: Select one: a. A medium of arbitration b. A medium of exchange c. A unit of account d. A store of value e. A unit of transaction c. A stock in a small, risky company d. A vehicle 14. Emma, a high school student, lives with...

ch 15. #10 (15.31) Shelia's measured glucose level one hour after a sugary drink varies according...

ch 15. #10 (15.31) Shelia's measured glucose level one hour after a sugary drink varies according to the Normal distribution with μ = 116 mg/dl and σ = 10.4 mg/dl. What is the level L (±0.1) such that there is probability only 0.01 that the mean glucose level of 4 test results falls above L? L = ????

Solve the homogenous equation subject to the indicated initial using substitution x = vy. (y3+2x2y)/(2x3) =...

Solve the homogenous equation subject to the indicated initial using substitution x = vy. (y3+2x2y)/(2x3) = y', y(1) = 1

Five years ago your company purchased some equipment for $125,000. The annual costs for operating and...

Five years ago your company purchased some equipment for $125,000. The annual costs for operating and maintaining the equipment are $1500 a year and today's market value is $75,000 decreasing by 10% of original cost per year. What analysis can be done for the remaining life of this equipment and what is the value you would use for the next year if MARR = 12%?___ of $____

Peterson Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $6,520,000 for indirect labor...

Peterson Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $6,520,000 for indirect labor and $550,000 for factory utilities. The company uses machine hours as its overhead allocation base. If 140,000 machine hours are planned for this next year, what is the company's plantwide overhead rate? Select one: a. $.02147 per machine hour. b. $50.50 per machine hour. c. $45.75 per machine hour. d. $3.9286 per machine hour. e. $.2545 per machine hour.

A baseball is hit with a speed of 30.0 m/s at an angle of 50.0 ∘...

A baseball is hit with a speed of 30.0 m/s at an angle of 50.0 ∘ . It lands on the flat roof of a 13.0 m -tall nearby building. If the ball was hit when it was 1.1 m above the ground, what horizontal distance does it travel before it lands on the building?

Exercise 10-23 Determination of Variances Using Diagrams (LO 10-3) Saskatewan Can Company manufactures recyclable soft-drink cans....

Exercise 10-23 Determination of Variances Using Diagrams (LO 10-3) Saskatewan Can Company manufactures recyclable soft-drink cans. A unit of production is a case of 12 dozen cans. The following standards have been set by the production-engineering staff and the controller. Direct Labor: Direct Material: Quantity, 0.25 hour Quantity, 4 kilograms Rate, $16 per hour Price, $0.80 per kilogram Actual material purchases amounted to 240,000 kilograms at $0.81 per kilogram. Actual costs incurred in the production of 50,000 units were as...

The following sentences lack “you attitude “in business correspondence rewrite them to achieve the “YOU ATTITUDE...

The following sentences lack “you attitude “in business correspondence rewrite them to achieve the “YOU ATTITUDE “. note ; in some cases you need to add information to revise the sentence effectively. *please answer all of them, thanks in advance. 6-- The seminar given by our team will make you better and more professional managers than you are.* 7- You did not send us your check so we will not provide you with the furniture. * 8- We are pleased...

Discuss the four types of fractures in children.

Discuss the four types of fractures in children.

You and your run towards each other. At time zero, you are at x = 0...

You and your run towards each other. At time zero, you are at x = 0 and your friend is at x = 30 m. Your speed is 5 m/s and your friend's speed is 2.5 m/s. Draw a graph of x vs t that shows you vs your friend, making sure that the slopes reflect that your speed is twice your friend's speed. From the graph, estimate when and where you and your friend will meet.

A state wildlife service wants to estimate the mean number of days that each licensed hunter...

A state wildlife service wants to estimate the mean number of days that each licensed hunter actual hunts during a given season, with a margin of error estimation equal to 2 hunting days. If data collected in earlier surveys have shown σ to be approximately equal to 10, how many hunters must be included in the survey with a 90% confidence interval?

Five years ago your company purchased some equipment for $125,000. The annual costs for operating and...

Five years ago your company purchased some equipment for $125,000. The annual costs for operating and maintaining the equipment are $1500 a year and today's market value is $75,000 decreasing by 10% of original cost per year. What analysis can be done for the remaining life of this equipment and what is the value you would use for the next year if MARR = 12%?___ of $____

At 1 atm, how much energy is required to heat 81.0 g of H2O(s) at –20.0...

At 1 atm, how much energy is required to heat 81.0 g of H2O(s) at –20.0 °C to H2O(g) at 157.0 °C? Helpful constants can be found here.

Consider a four-year project with the following information: initial fixed asset investment = $491,731; straight-line depreciation...

Consider a four-year project with the following information: initial fixed asset investment = $491,731; straight-line depreciation to zero over the four-year life; zero salvage value; price = $33; variable costs = $24; fixed costs = $195,602; quantity sold = 79,813 units; tax rate = 36 percent. Calculate the sensitivity of the OCF to changes in the quantity sold. [Hint: Think of this as, "How much does OCF change if we can sell one more unit each year?"] (Do not round...

A sock drawer contains three blue socks, three red socks, and four green socks. A spider...

A sock drawer contains three blue socks, three red socks, and four green socks. A spider pulls out eight of the socks and puts them on her eight feet. In how many ways can this happen? (Her feet are distinct so the order of the socks matters, but socks of the same color are indistinguishable. For instance, one way is RRBGGBRG.)