On January 1, Loring Company purchased new machinery costing $400,000 on a note payable with equal payments due at the end of each of the next 5 years at a rate of interest equal to 8%. The machinery is expected to last 10 years, and Loring uses straight-line depreciation. What impact will this have on the December 31 cash balance? a. The cash balance will be $40,000 lower because of depreciation expense. b. The cash balance will not be affected. c. The cash balance will be $400,000 higher because of borrowing on the note payable. d. The cash balance will be $80,000 lower because of depreciation expense. e. None of these choices are correct.

The beach dude (bd) employs a legion of current and former surfers as salespeople who push its surfing-oriented products to various customers (usually retail outlets). this case describes bd's sales and collection process. each bd salesperson works with a specific group of customers throughout the year. in fact, they often surf with their customers to try out the latest surf gear. the bd salespeople act laid-back, but they work hard for their sales. each sale often involves hours of surfing with their customers while the customers sample all the latest surf wear. because bd makes the best surfing products, the customers look forward to the visits from the bd salespeople. and they often buy a lot of gear. each sale is identified by a unique invoice number and usually involves many different products. customers pay for each sale in full within 30 days, but they can combine payments for multiple sales. bd manages its clothing inventory by item (e.g., xl bd surfer logo t-shirts), identified by product number, but it also classifies the items by clothing line (the lines are differentiated by price points as well as the intended use of the clothing, e.g., surfing products, casual wear, . draw a uml class diagram that describes the beach dudes sales and collection process.b. using microsoft access, implement a relational database from your uml class diagram. identify at least three fields per table.c. describe how you would use the relational database to determine the beach dude’s accounts receivable.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Acollege registrar's office requires you to first visit with one of three advisors and then with one of two financial professionals. this system best described as which of the following? a. single server, single phase systemb. multiple server multiphase systemc. multiple server, cross phase systemd. single server, multiphase systeme. multiple server, single phase system