Gary manages a receiving station for peanuts. Peanuts-filled trucks arrive at the rate 10 every hour from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. Each truck contains 75 kilograms of peanuts. Gary can process them at a rate of 500 kilograms an hour. The station has room to hold only 2000 kilograms of peanuts in inventory prior to processing. Once this space is filled, the trucks must wait to dump their contents. What is the inventory buildup rate

Which of the following mechanisms would be most likely to motivate managers to act in the best interests of shareholders? a) decrease the use of restrictive covenants in bond agreements, b) take actions that reduce the possibility of a hostile takeover, c) elect a board of directors that allows managers greater freedom of action, d) increase the proportion of executive compensation that comes from stock options and reduce the proportion that is paid as cash salaries, e) eliminate a requirement that members of the board directors have a substantial investment in the firm's stocks

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

Why is investing in a mutual fund less risky than investing in a particular company’s stock?