Clarita cosmetics is confronting a decline in sales due largely to a general economic downturn. the top management team is debating whether to lay off employees. in the debate, the following statements are made. which of the statements is false?
a. if clarita cosmetics lays off a large number of employees, there will be a significant loss of human capital that will cause further downturns in the firm's performance.
b. a moderate-sized layoff at clarita cosmetics will probably improve firm performance.
c. if clarita cosmetics restructures, it ought to increase investments in training and development.
d. a layoff will increase the slack at clarita cosmetics and allow the firm to absorb the increased number of errors employees may make until they learn their new tasks.

Moody farms just paid a dividend of $3.95 on its stock. the growth rate in dividends is expected to be a constant 5 percent per year indefinitely. investors require a return of 14 percent for the first three years, a return of 12 percent for the next three years, and a return of 10 percent thereafter. what is the current share price?

The following account balances at the beginning of january were selected from the general ledger of fresh bagel manufacturing company: work in process inventory $0 raw materials inventory $ 28 comma 100 finished goods inventory $ 40 comma 600 additional data: 1. actual manufacturing overhead for january amounted to $ 65 comma 000. 2. total direct labor cost for january was $ 63 comma 400. 3. the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is based on direct labor cost. the budget for the year called for $ 255 comma 000 of direct labor cost and $ 382 comma 500 of manufacturing overhead costs. 4. the only job unfinished on january 31 was job no. 151, for which total direct labor charges were $ 5 comma 200 (1 comma 300 direct labor hours) and total direct material charges were $ 14 comma 400. 5. cost of direct materials placed in production during january totaled $ 123 comma 700. there were no indirect material requisitions during january. 6. january 31 balance in raw materials inventory was $ 35 comma 300. 7. finished goods inventory balance on january 31 was $ 35 comma 400. what is the cost of goods manufactured for january?

Location test: question 1 of 54)water is a solvent because itoa. is made of moleculesob. dissolves many substancesc. is a saltd. has a large buffering capacity