Excess present value index and average rate of return highpoint company is evaluating five different capital expenditure proposals. the company's hurdle rate for net present value analyses is 12%. a 10% salvage value is expected from each of the investments. information on the five proposals is as follows: proposal required investment pv at 12% of after-tax cash flows avg. annual net income from investment a $288,000 $328,030 $37,400 b 218,000 254,780 26,000 c 178,000 191,040 19,200 d 198,000 234,300 27,600 e 146,000 154,990 14,960 a. compute the excess present value index for each of the five proposals. round answers to three decimal places

Wallace company provides the following data for next year: month budgeted sales january $120,000 february 108,000 march 140,000 april 147,000 the gross profit rate is 35% of sales. inventory at the end of december is $29,600 and target ending inventory levels are 10% of next month's sales, stated at cost. what is the amount of purchases budgeted for january?

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum. should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?

Almeda products, inc., uses a job-order costing system. the company's inventory balances on april 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows: