What is the author's purpose in this persuasive business message?
Thank you for taking my call today. I'm writing this letter to highlight a billing error. I hope that you'll adjust it in the next bill.
My monthly electric bill is usually around $300. However, this month's bill was $650! You can imagine my shock when I saw it. I do
understand that a hardware or software problem might be behind the inflated bill. I am sure this is a one-time error that your
technical staff can correct. I've enclosed a copy of my bill for your reference.
I'm a longtime customer of Parish Energy and appreciate your zero-outage policy. I hope your company will continue serving our
community for a long time.
A. to complain about the company's computers
B. to get an error adjusted in the next billing cycle
C. to suggest a change to the zero outage policy
D. to gain the benefits and perks of being a longtime customer
E. to advise technical staff on how to follow a specific process

What is the opportunity cost (in civilian output) of a defense buildup that raises military spending from 4.0 to 4.3 percent of an $18 trillion economy? instructions: enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number?

The development price itself is such a huge barrier, it's just a very different business model than boeing's used to. our huge development programs are typically centered around commercial airplanes, military aircraft, where there is a lot of orders. and right now the foundation of the business is two bites a year.

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?