Shanghai Company sells glasses, fine china, and everyday dinnerware. It uses activity-based costing to determine the cost of the shipping and handling activity. The shipping and handling activity has an activity rate of $9 per pound. A box of glasses weighs 2 pounds, a box of fine china weighs 4 pounds, and a box of everyday dinnerware weighs 6 pounds. Requried:
a. Determine the shipping and handling activity for each product.
b. Determine the total shipping and receiving costs for the china if 3,500 boxes are shipped.

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?

In a chapter 7 bankruptcy, a debtor:

Read the following paragraph, and choose the best revision for one of its sentences.dr. blake is retiring at the end of the month. there will be an unoccupied office upon his departure, and it is big in size. because every other office is occupied, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. it is absolutely essential that this issue is discussed at the next staff meeting. (a) because every other office is occupied, it’s recommended that we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. (b) because every other office is filled, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge.