The following events apply to The Ice Cream Parlor for the 2014 fiscal year:

1. The company started when it acquired $18,000 cash from the issue of common stock.
2. Purchased a new ice cream machine that cost $16,900 cash.
3. Earned $20,900 in cash revenue.
4. Paid $11,200 cash for salaries expense.
5. Paid $4,900 cash for operating expenses.
6. Adjusted the records to reflect the use of the ice cream machine. The machine, purchased on January 1, 2014, has an expected useful life of five years and an estimated salvage value of $2,500. Use straight-line depreciation. The adjusting entry was made as of December 31, 2014

Record the above transactions in a horizontal statements model. (In the Cash Flow column, indicate whether the item is an operating activity (OA), an investing activity (IA), a financing activity (FA) and net change in cash (NC). If the element is not affected by the event, leave the cell blank. Enter any decreases to account balances and cash outflows with a minus sign.)

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?

What additional information about the numbers used to compute this ratio might be useful in you assess liquidity? (select all that apply) (a) the maturity schedule of current liabilities (b) the average stock price for the industry (c) the average current ratio for the industry (d) the amount of current assets that is concentrated in relatively illiquid inventories