Why is a high-quality bond typically considered a lower-risk investment than a stock?

a. stocks are stable and do not change often.
b. a bond typically pays a fixed, predictable amount of interest each year.
c. bonds are issued by many different entities .
d. well-established company stocks pay dividends to their investors.

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

Cynthia is a hospitality worker in the lodging industry who prefers to cater to small groups of people. she might want to open a

Which of the following tasks would be a line cook's main responsibility? oa. frying french fries ob. chopping onions oc. taking inventory of stocked dry goods od. paying invoices