Kayak co. budgeted the following cash receipts (excluding cash receipts from loans received) and cash payments (excluding cash payments for loan principal and interest payments) for the first three months of next year. cash receipts cash payments january $ 525,000 $ 475,000 february 400,000 350,000 march 450,000 525,000 according to a credit agreement with the company’s bank, kayak promises to have a minimum cash balance of $30,000 at each month-end. in return, the bank has agreed that the company can borrow up to $150,000 at a monthly interest rate of 1%, paid on the last day of each month. the interest is computed based on the beginning balance of the loan for the month. the company repays loan principal with any cash in excess of $30,000 on the last day of each month. the company has a cash balance of $30,000 and a loan balance of $60,000 at january 1. prepare monthly cash budgets for january, february, and march. (negative balances and loan repayment amounts (if any) should be indicated with minus sign.)

Shelby company produces three products: product x, product y, and product z. data concerning the three products follow (per unit): product x product y product z selling price $ 85 $ 65 $ 75 variable expenses: direct materials 25.50 19.50 5.25 labor and overhead 25.50 29.25 47.25 total variable expenses 51.00 48.75 52.50 contribution margin $ 34.00 $ 16.25 $ 22.50 contribution margin ratio 40 % 25 % 30 % demand for the company’s products is very strong, with far more orders each month than the company can produce with the available raw materials. the same material is used in each product. the material costs $8 per pound, with a maximum of 4,400 pounds available each month. required: a. compute contribution margin per pound of materials used. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) contribution margin per pound product x $ product y $ product z $ b. which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for product x, for product y, or for product z? which orders second? third? product x product y product z

Brandt enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the cfo set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most likely scenarios. the firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. how much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?

What is one counter argument to the premise that the wealth gap is a serious problem which needs to be addressed?