This course focuses on the techniques that are utilized to analyze companies’ finances. Irregularities noted from an analysis may be an indication of fraudulent activity, especially white-collar crimes. The American Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) releases an annual global study on fraud that details information about occupational fraud cases. Please read the 2018 Report to the Nations - Global Fraud Survey. Prepare an infographic of 800–1,000 words of the key findings in the report that you believe show the important trends that will impact organizations and the accounting profession over the next decade. Click here to review an example infographic from ACFE.

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?