Fresh Wreath Corporation manufactures wreaths according to customer specifications and ships them to customers using United Parcel Service (UPS). Which two terms below describe the cost of shipping these wreaths?
fixed cost and period cost
variable cost and product cost
fixed cost and product cost
variable cost and period cost
In: Accounting
First Bank of Belmont offers a savings account with an APR of 5% with daily compounding. United Charlotte Bank offers a savings account with an APR of 5.1% with monthly compounding. Which bank would you prefer to use for your savings? Explain why (Use numbers! Be sure to explain why you prefer one number to the other number).
In: Finance
2) Pick a country from the following list.
Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.
a. (40 pts) Evaluate its unemployment situation/policies with a historical perspective and compare it with the unemployment situation/policies of Turkey.
b. (40 pts) Evaluate its inflation and monetary policy with a historical perspective and compare it with the inflation and monetary policy of Turkey
In: Economics
A population of squirrels is separated into two groups by flooding and sea level rise, which brings in a new stream. The squirrels can’t cross the stream. Over time, the two populations become increasingly different and when members of the population are united, they are unable to reproduce together. This is an example of
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spontaneous generation |
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sympatric speciation |
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the bottleneck effect |
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allopatric speciation |
In: Biology
a, Describe six major reasons for accounting diversity: legal
system, taxation, providers of
financing, inflation, political and economic ties, and
culture.
b. Describe which factor or factors appear to have exerted
influence on the development of
accounting in China, Japan, Germany, Mexico and United
Kingdom?
c. Identify the distinguishing features of the accounting system in
each of these countries.
In: Accounting
(Chapter 22) Jeremy is a 45-year-old pilot who works for United Airlines. Jeremy hopes to retire in 20 years and uses his savings to purchase a stock portfolio to fund his retirement. Would you recommend that Jeremy’s retirement portfolio include an above-average, average, or below average weighting in airlines stocks? Why?
In: Finance
In: Economics
The merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines. Although the merger was initiated in 2010 many issues still exist today in 2020 related to that merger.
What items of value did Continental bring to the merger that will not be recorded in the acquisition? How will the items of value that Continental brought to the merger in #3 affect future reported income for the combined firm?
In: Accounting
Assess the recent trends in direct foreign investment (DFI) abroad by U.S. firms. Compare the DFI in the United Kingdom with the DFI in France in the last five years. Offer a possible reason for the large difference.
Based on the recent trends in DFI, are U.S. based MNCs pursuing opportunities in Asia? In Eastern Europe? In Latin America? Explain in detail.
In: Economics
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