A major corporation has hundreds of major development projects underway at the same time. Each project is meant to go through an independent formal technical review process, but all of the scheduling and getting the right people in the room becomes very complex. An automated system is developed that schedules technical reviews automatically at predefined dates along each project's schedule, selects the executives that should sign - off on a technical review from a pre-determined matrix, and even allows users to log in and sign off, electronically, on the reviews they were meant to be a part of, using their single sign-on password (the same password as they use for their email account). Signers receive automated email reminders that continuously ping them when they haven't signed off on a particular review and the pings increase in frequency (meant to trigger action) until the sign-off is completed.
A- What do you think about the effectiveness of this automated system?
B- Do you see any pitfalls or potential deviation from good practice in this scenario?

Insurance companies have internal controls in place to protect assets, monitor the accuracy of accounting records and encourage operational efficiencies and adherence to policies. these internal controls are generally of two types: administrative controls and accounting controls. administrative controls are the policies and procedures that guide the daily actions of employees. accounting controls are the policies and procedures that delineate authorizations of financial transactions that are done, safeguard assets, and provide reports on the company’s financial status in a reliable and timely manner. internal controls should include both preventative and detective controls. the purpose of preventative controls is to stop problems and errors before they occur. detective controls identify problems after they have occurred. preventative controls are usually more effective at reducing problems, but they also tend to be more expensive. internal controls must be flexible to adjust for changes in laws and regulations in addition to adding new products or modifying current ones. companies must also do regular analyses to ensure that the benefits of implementing the controls are worth their costs. when concerned about paying unwarranted insurance claims which type of control would be useful?

What type of stock does a large company issue?

You are a newspaper publisher. you are in the middle of a one-year rental contract for your factory that requires you to pay $500,000 per month, and you have contractual labor obligations of $1 million per month that you can't get out of. you also have a marginal printing cost of $.25 per paper as well as a marginal delivery cost of $.10 per paper. if sales fall by 20 percent from 1 million papers per month to 800,000 papers per month, what happens to the afc per paper?