The use of high levels of debt in acquisitions has contributed to: a. an increased risk of bankruptcy for acquiring firms. b. the increase in above-average returns earned by acquiring firms. c. an increase in investments that have long-term payoffs. d. the confidence of the stock market in firms issuing junk bonds.

Heating & cooling installs and services commercial heating and cooling systems. elklandelkland uses job costing to calculate the cost of its jobs. overhead is allocated to each job based on the number of direct labor hours spent on that job. at the beginning of the current year, elklandelkland estimated that its overhead for the coming year would be $ 61 comma 500$61,500. it also anticipated using 4 comma 1004,100 direct labor hours for the year.

Which of the following statements concerning an organization's strategy is true? a. cost accountants formulate strategy in an organization since they have more inputs about costs. b. businesses usually follow one of two broad strategies: offering a quality product at a high price, or offering a unique product or service priced lower than the competition. c. a good strategy will always overcome poor implementation. d. strategy specifies how an organization matches its own capabilities with the opportunities in the marketplace to accomplish its objectives.

Sauer food company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. the cost is $440,000. the company can borrow $440,000 for three years at 14 percent annual interest or for one year at 12 percent annual interest. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a. how much would sauer food company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 12 percent rate? compare this to the 14 percent three-year loan.