As office manager of a sacramento footwear and apparel company, write a memo persuading your shipping employees to reduce express delivery fees. your fedex and other shipping bills have been sky high, and you feel that staff members are overusing these services to their favorite distributors. they don’t consider less expensive options, such as sharing shipping costs with the recipient.
if shipping staff members plan ahead and allow enough time, they can use ups or fedex ground service, which takes three to five days and is much cheaper. you wonder whether staff members consider whether the recipient would mind waiting a few days longer for the merchandise in exchange for prices remaining low. when is overnight shipment justified? you would like to reduce overnight delivery services voluntarily by 50 percent over the next two months. unless a sizable reduction occurs, the ceo threatens severe restrictions in the future.
your task. address your memo to all staff members. what other ways could employees reduce shipping costs?

On january 1, 2018, red flash photography had the following balances: cash, $19,000; supplies, $8,700; land, $67,000; deferred revenue, $5,700; common stock $57,000; and retained earnings, $32,000. during 2018, the company had the following transactions: 1. february 15 issue additional shares of common stock, $27,000. 2. may 20 provide services to customers for cash, $42,000, and on account, $37,000. 3. august 31 pay salaries to employees for work in 2018, $30,000. 4. october 1 purchase rental space for one year, $19,000. 5. november 17 purchase supplies on account, $29,000. 6. december 30 pay dividends, $2,700. the following information is available on december 31, 2018: 1. employees are owed an additional $4,700 in salaries. 2. three months of the rental space has expired. 3. supplies of $5,700 remain on hand. 4. all of the services associated with the beginning deferred revenue have been performed. required: 1. record the transactions that occurred during the year.2. record the adjusting entries at the end of the year.3. prepare an adjusted trial balance.4. prepare an income statement, statement of stockholders’ equity, and classified balance sheet.5. prepare closing entries.

What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of lattés if the cost to produce steamed milk

Two assets have the following expected returns and standard deviations when the risk-free rate is 5%: asset a e(ra) = 18.5% σa = 20% asset b e(rb) = 15% σb = 27% an investor with a risk aversion of a = 3 would find that on a risk-return basis. a. only asset a is acceptable b. only asset b is acceptable c. neither asset a nor asset b is acceptable d. both asset a and asset b are acceptable