Charlie Corporation is considering buying a new donut maker. This machine will replace an old donut maker that still has a useful life of 6 years. The new machine will cost $3,630 a year to operate, as opposed to the old machine, which costs $3,875 per year to operate. Also, because of increased capacity, an additional 20,300 donuts a year can be produced. The company makes a contribution margin of $0.10 per donut. The old machine can be sold for $7,300 and the new machine costs $30,300. The incremental annual net cash inflows provided by the new machine would be (Ignore income taxes.):

The average daily foreign exchange trading by banks around the world is closest to $ a. 1.5 trillion b. 1 trillion c. 600 billion d. 700 billion e. 1.3 trillion

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)

You decide to invest in a portfolio consisting of 25 percent stock a, 25 percent stock b, and the remainder in stock c. based on the following information, what is the expected return of your portfolio? state of economy probability of state return if state occurs of economy stock a stock b stock c recession .16 - 16.4 % - 2.7 % - 21.6 % normal .55 12.6 % 7.3 % 15.9 % boom .29 26.2 % 14.6 % 30.5 %