If you want to increase your purchasing power by investing in a bond, then: a. you must purchase that bond at a discount.
b. the nominal rate of return on that bond must be less than the inflation rate.
c. you should purchase a premium bond.
d. the nominal rate of return must equal or exceed the rate of inflation.
e. you must earn a positive real rate of return on that bond.

Braverman company has two manufacturing departments—finishing and fabrication. the predetermined overhead rates in finishing and fabrication are $18.00 per direct labor-hour and 110% of direct materials cost, respectively. the company’s direct labor wage rate is $16.00 per hour. the following information pertains to job 700: finishing fabrication direct materials $ 410 $ 60 direct labor $ 128 $ 48 required: 1. what is the total manufacturing cost assigned to job 700? 2. if job 700 consists of 15 units, what is the unit product cost for this job?

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

When slick heating company switched to an activity based costing system, it realized that it was allocating a much lower percentage of factory overhead to a product line that the marketing department was trying to push. the product line may contain which type of products?