The employees of Lucid Laboratories are paid every two weeks on Friday for a Monday though Friday work week. Total payroll is $18,000 and covers 10 workdays. The end of the current month falls on the second Tuesday of the pay period. What is the adjusting journal entry to accrue payroll at the end of the month?a. salaries expense 7500 salaries payable 7500b. Slararies expense 17500 salaries payable 17500c. Prepaid salaries 7500 Salaries payable 7500d. Slaries expense 17500 Prepaid Salaries 7500 Salaries Payable 25000

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

Gwen, a manager at exude apparels inc., received a message from a customer requesting a replacement for a purchased pair of shoes. exude apparels has a clearly stated no-return policy. gwen responded to the customer denying the request in a tactful and clear manner. despite this, the customer submitted a second request. in this scenario, which of the following is an appropriate response to the second request?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a weak economy? a. a low employment rateb. a high inflation ratec. a decreased gdpd. a high unemployment rate