Insurance protects you from liability and allows you to provide for your own and others' long-term needs. But what if you never need the insurance? You wind up putting out a lot of money and you get nothing out of it. Which kinds of insurance do you think are worth the cost? Which are not? Why?

Easel manufacturing budgeted fixed overhead costs of $ 1.50 per unit at an anticipated production level of 1 comma 350 units. in july easel incurred actual fixed overhead costs of $ 4 comma 700 and actually produced 1 comma 300 units. what is easel's fixed overhead budget variance for july?

Ryngard corp's sales last year were $38,000, and its total assets were $16,000. what was its total assets turnover ratio (tato)? a. 2.04b. 2.14c. 2.26d. 2.38e. 2.49

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?