Harvey Hotels has provided a defined benefit pension plan for its employees for several years. At the end of the most recent year, the following information was available with regard to the plan: service cost: $6.4 million, expected return on plan assets: $1.4 million, actual return on plan assets: $1.2 million, interest cost: $1.6 million, payments to retired employees: $2.2 million, and amortization of prior service cost (created when the pension plan was amended causing a drop in the projected benefit obligation): $1.3 million. What amount should Harvey Hotels report as pension expense in its income statement for the year

Which critical success factor improves with reduced cycle time, better quality standards, and improved efficiency when an is is implemented?

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

You want to have $80,000 in your savings account 11 years from now, and you’re prepared to make equal annual deposits into the account at the end of each year. if the account pays 6.30 percent interest, what amount must you deposit each year? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)