When two or more firms join to form a new company, which often takes on a new corporate identity the transaction is referred to as a(n) ___. A. acquisition
B. bribe
C. IPO
D. merger

Braverman company has two manufacturing departments—finishing and fabrication. the predetermined overhead rates in finishing and fabrication are $18.00 per direct labor-hour and 110% of direct materials cost, respectively. the company’s direct labor wage rate is $16.00 per hour. the following information pertains to job 700: finishing fabrication direct materials $ 410 $ 60 direct labor $ 128 $ 48 required: 1. what is the total manufacturing cost assigned to job 700? 2. if job 700 consists of 15 units, what is the unit product cost for this job?

Elephant, inc.'s cost of goods sold for the year is $2,000,000, and the average merchandise inventory for the year is $129,000. calculate the inventory turnover ratio of the company. (round your answer to two decimal places.)

The price of trade suppose that portugal and sweden both produce rye and wine. portugal's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 4 bushels of rye while sweden's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 bushels of rye. by comparing the opportunity cost of producing wine in the two countries, you can tell thatportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of wine.andportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. suppose that portugal and sweden consider trading wine and rye with each other. portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more rye for each bottle of wine it exports to sweden. similarly, sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more bottles of wine for each bushel of rye it exports to portugal. based on your answer to the last question, which of the following prices of trade (that is, price of wine in terms of rye) would allow both sweden and portugal to gain from trade? a. 1 bushels of rye per bottle of wineb. 8 bushels of rye per bottle of winec. 9 bushels of rye per bottle of wined. 3 bushels of rye per bottle of wine