Dreary Credit Agency processes credit applications. The labor standard at Dreary is $15 per hour, 8 hours per day (per employee). During the last pay period (10 business days), Dreary's 25 credit agents worked 1,920 hours and processed 2,500 applications. The total labor cost for the agents during this period was $29,184. What was Dreary's direct labor efficiency variance for this last pay period

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.

Microsoft's stock price peaked at 6118% of its ipo price more than 13 years after the ipo suppose that $10,000 invested in microsoft at its ipo price had been worth $600,000 (6000% of the ipo price) after exactly 13 years. what interest rate, compounded annually, does this represent? (round your answer to two decimal places.)

During 2016, nike inc., reported net income of $3,760 million. the company declared dividends of $1,022 million. the closing entry for dividends would include which of the following? select one: a. credit cash for $1,022 million b. credit dividends for $1,022 million c. debit net income for $1,022 million d. credit retained earnings for $1,022 million e. debit dividends for $1,022 million