Chase Company owns 80% of Lawrence Company and 40% of Ross Company. Lawrence Company also owns 30% of Ross Company. Separate operating incomes for 2011 of Chase, Lawrence, and Ross are $450,000, $300,000, and $250,000, respectively. Each company also retains a $20,000 unrealized gain in their current income figures. Annual amortization expense of $15,000 is assigned to Chase's investment in Lawrence and another $15,000 is assigned to Lawrence's investment in Ross. Compute the noncontrolling interest in Ross' net income for 2011. $92,000. $77,400. $75,000. $64,500. $69,000.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

It is estimated that over 100,000 students will apply to the top 30 m.b.a. programs in the united states this year. a. using the concept of net present value and opportunity cost, when is it rational for an individual to pursue an m.b.a. degree. b. what would you expect to happen to the number of applicants if the starting salaries of managers with m.b.a. degrees remained constant but salaries of managers without such degrees decreased by 20 percent

What is inventory turnover? explain the effect of a high inventory turnover during the christmas shopping season.