While Jon is walking to school one morning, a helicopter flying overhead drops a $100 bill. Not knowing how to return it, Jon keeps the money and deposits it in his bank. (No one in this economy holds currency.) If the bank keeps 5 percent of its money in reserves: Instructions: Enter your responses as whole numbers. a. How much money can the bank initially lend out? $ b. After these two initial transactions, by how much is the money in the economy changed? $ c. What’s the money multiplier? d. How much money will eventually be created by the banking system from Jon’s $100? $

Teller co. is planning to sell 900 boxes of ceramic tile, with production estimated at 870 boxes during may. each box of tile requires 44 pounds of clay mix and a quarter hour of direct labor. clay mix costs $0.40 per pound and employees of the company are paid $12.00 per hour. manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 110% of direct labor costs. teller has 3,900 pounds of clay mix in beginning inventory and wants to have 4,500 pounds in ending inventory. what is the total amount to be budgeted for manufacturing overhead for the month?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Buyer henry is going to accept seller shannon's $282,500 counteroffer. when will this counteroffer become a contract. a. counteroffers cannot become contracts b. when henry gives shannon notice of the acceptance c. when henry signs the counteroffer d. when shannon first made the counteroffer