Benton Company is preparing its annual profit plan. As part of its analysis of the cost of its purchasing activity, management estimates that the $45,000 for purchasing support should be assigned to the individual vendors from the information given as follows: Vendor A Vendor B Units purchased Purchase orders (annual) Number of shipments recelved 130,000 7 21 230,000 28 84 What is the amount of the purchasing costs that should be allocated to Vendor A, assuming Benton uses units purchased to compute activity-based costs? O $9,000 o $16,250. O $28750 o $36,000

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

Technology corp. is considering a $238,160 investment in a new marketing campaign that it anticipates will provide annual cash flows of $52,000 for the next five years. the firm has a 6% cost of capital. what should the analysis indicate to the firm's managers?

What is the difference between secure bonds and naked bonds?