Cassy Budd Company has a defined benefit pension plan. At the end of the reporting year, the following data were available: beginning PBO, $82,000; service cost, $18,700; interest cost, $5,700; benefits paid for the year, $9,700; ending PBO, $96,700; the expected return on plan assets, $10,700; and cash deposited with pension trustee, $12,500. There were no other pension-related costs. The journal entry to record the annual pension costs will include a credit to the PBO for:

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?

Effective capacity is the: a. capacity a firm expects to achieve given the current operating constraints.b. minimum usable capacity of a particular facility.c. sum of all the organization's inputs.d. average output that can be achieved under ideal conditions.e. maximum output of a system in a given period.

The upper-level managers of synergy technology are meeting for the week to look at the long-term company goals and overall direction of the organization. the ceo has expressed her concern over the economy and has told her managers to look closely at the environment outside the organization before making decisions and to be future oriented. in this meeting, top managers of synergy are