King's bank, a british company, purchases market research services from harris interactive, a u. s. company. as per the terms of the contract, payment is to be made three months later in u. s. dollars when the report is delivered. how would king's bank like to see the exchange rate move, assuming it isn't hedging the transaction? a. it hopes that the u. s. dollar appreciates in value against the british pound. b. it hopes that the british pound appreciates in value against the u. s. dollar. c. it makes no difference, since they are the customer and the sale takes place in the u. k.d. it hopes that there is no change between the spot rate and the forward rate.

Answer the following questions with true or false and provide a brief explanation (2- 3 sentences) a) economies of scale in production give rise to multi-product firms. b) ace hardware corporation is an example of economies of scale in production.

Which law would encourage more people to become homeowners but not encourage risky loans that could end in foreclosure? options: offering first time homebuyers tax-free accounts to save for down payments requiring all mortgages to be more affordable, interest-only loans outlawing home inspections and appraisals by mortgage companies limiting rent increases to less than 2% a year

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.