Benjamin Company had the following results of operations for the past year: Sales (16,000 units at $9.95) $159,200
Direct materials and direct labor $95,200
Overhead (20% variable) 15,200
Selling and administrative expenses (all fixed) 31,900 (142,300)
Operating income $16,900
A foreign company (whose sales will not affect Benjamin's market) offers to buy 3,900 units at $7.39 per unit. In addition to variable manufacturing costs, selling these units would increase fixed overhead by $590 and selling and administrative costs by $290. Assuming Benjamin has excess capacity and accepts the offer, its profits will:.

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false