Rupert and cordelia own an american company that does business in foreign nations. getting a license in a new country can be challenging. as they try to enter into business in a new country, rupert fills out the license paperwork and takes it to the correct office. there he pays the front-desk person $100 to process the paperwork, as is the custom in that country. cordelia, who has connections in that country, schedules an appointment with the minister of commerce, who has the authority to determine which foreign companies get licenses, and pays him $200 to approve their license. which payment(s) likely violated the foreign corrupt practices act? a. the payments made by both rupert and cordelia. b. the payment made by rupert but not the payment made by cordelia. c. the payment made by cordelia but not the payment made by rupert. d. neither payment violated the fcpa.

You have just been hired as a financial analyst for barrington industries. unfortunately, company headquarters (where all of the firm's records are kept) has been destroyed by fire. so, your first job will be to recreate the firm's cash flow statement for the year just ended. the firm had $100,000 in the bank at the end of the prior year, and its working capital accounts except cash remained constant during the year. it earned $5 million in net income during the year but paid $800,000 in dividends to common shareholders. throughout the year, the firm purchased $5.5 million of machinery that was needed for a new project. you have just spoken to the firm's accountants and learned that annual depreciation expense for the year is $450,000; however, the purchase price for the machinery represents additions to property, plant, and equipment before depreciation. finally, you have determined that the only financing done by the firm was to issue long-term debt of $1 million at a 6% interest rate. what was the firm's end- of-year cash balance? recreate the firm's cash flow statement to arrive at your answer

Aprice control is: question 1 options: a)a tax on the sale of a good that controls the market price.b)an upper limit on the quantity of some good that can be bought or sold.c)a legal restriction on how high or low a price in a market may go.d)control of the price of a good by the firm that produces it.

As a general rule, when accountants calculate profit they account for explicit costs but usually ignorea. certain outlays of money by the firm.b. implicit costs.c. operating costs.d. fixed costs.