For the data in Exercise 14.4, use alpha of 0.1 and beta of 0.2 to make a forecast for July and August. Calculate the MAD for your January through June forecasts.

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

1. the healthy pantry bought new shelving and financed $7,300 with 36 monthly payments of $267.65 each. suppose the firm pays the loan off with 13 payments left. use the rule of 78 to find the amount of unearned interest. 2. the healthy pantry bought new shelving and financed $7,300 with 36 monthly payments of $267.65 each. suppose the firm pays the loan off with 13 payments left. use the rule of 78 to find the amount necessary to pay off the loan. ! i entered 967.82 for question 1 and 5,455.78 for question 2 and it said it was

What is the relationship among market segmentation, target markts, and consumer profiles?