The following information relates to Oriole, Inc.: For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 2021 Plan assets (at fair value) $1608000 $2286000 Pension expense 765000 594000 Projected benefit obligation 1980000 2460000 Annual contribution to plan 810000 594000 Accumulated OCI (PSC) 630000 540000 The amount reported as the liability for pensions on the December 31, 2021 balance sheet is

You are a manager at asda. you have been given the demand data for the past 10 weeks for swim rings for children. you decide to run multiple types of forecasting methods on the data to see which gives you the best forecast. if you were to use exponential smoothing with alpha =.8, what would be your forecast for week 22? (the forecast for week 21 was 1277.) week demand 12 1317 13 1307 14 1261 15 1258 16 1267 17 1256 18 1268 19 1277 20 1277 21 1297

The gilbert instrument corporation is considering replacing the wood steamer it currently uses to shape guitar sides. the steamer has 6 years of remaining life. if kept,the steamer will have depreciaiton expenses of $650 for five years and $325 for the sixthyear. its current book value is $3,575, and it can be sold on an internet auction site for$4,150 at this time. if the old steamer is not replaced, it can be sold for $800 at the endof its useful life. gilbert is considering purchasing the side steamer 3000, a higher-end steamer, whichcosts $12,000 and has an estimated useful life of 6 years with an estimated salvage value of$1,500. this steamer falls into the macrs 5-year class, so the applicable depreciationrates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. the new steamer is fasterand allows for an output expansion, so sales would rise by $2,000 per year; the newmachine's much greater efficiency would reduce operating expenses by $1,900 per year.to support the greater sales, the new machine would require that inventories increase by$2,900, but accounts payable would simultaneously increase by $700. gilbert's marginalfederal-plus-state tax rate is 40%, and its wacc is 15%.a. should it replace the old steamer? b. npv of replace = $2,083.51

Interview notes mike is 50 and made $36,000 in wages in 2017. he is single and pays all the cost of keeping up his home. mike's daughter, brittany, lived with mike all year. brittany's son, hayden, was born in november 2017. hayden lived in mike's home since birth. brittany is 25, single, and had $1,500 in wages in 2017. she is not disabled. mike provides more than half of the support for both brittany and hayden. mike, brittany, and hayden are all u.s. citizens with valid social security numbers. 4. who can mike claim as a qualifying child(ren) for the earned income credit?