Acompany reported cost of goods sold of $1,760,000 for the year.
during the year, inventory increased from a $92,000 beginning balance to a $140,000 ending balance, and accounts payable increased from a $48,000 beginning balance to a $56,000 ending balance.

how much is the cash paid for merchandise purchased during the year?

a) $1,660,000

b) $1,800,000

c) $1,808,000

d) $1,704,000

Match the steps for conducting an informational interview with the tasks in each step.

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

Hundreds of a bank's customers have called the customer service call center to complain that they are receiving text messages on their phone telling them to access a website and enter personal information to resolve an issue with their account. what action should the bank take?