businesses are important to the U. S. economy because, among other things, they employ about half of all private sector employees, pay 42 percent of total U. S. private payroll, and hire 37 percent of high-tech workers (scientists, engineers, computer programmers, and others).
(a) Incorporated
(b) Large
(c) Medium
(d) Small

When the price is the equilibrium price, we would expect there to be a causing the market to put pressure on the price until it went back to the equilibrium price. a. above; surplus; upward b. above; shortage; downward c. below; surplus; upward d. below; shortage; downward e. above; surplus; downward?

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is:

Mr. king wants to offer 100 acres of his property for sale. since the property is landlocked, he will have to put in a driveway to the road that will run across his remaining property. what kind of easement will he have to grant