Diaz Manufacturing had current assets worth $2,812,422 and long-term assets worth $300,600 in 2014. In 2013, current assets were $650,208 and long-term assets were $400,600. The firm had accounts payable of $196,522 , accruals of $259,054 , notes payable of $292,361 , and long-term debt of $405,830 in 2014. Calculate the net working capital for Diaz Manufacturing in 2014.

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

Which of the following would indicate an improvement in a company's financial position, holding other things constant? a. the inventory and total assets turnover ratios both decline. b. the debt ratio increases. c. the profit margin declines. d. the times-interest-earned ratio declines. e. the current and quick ratios both increase.

You are given the following information about aggregate demand at the existing price level for an economy: (1) consumption = $400 billion, (2) investment = $40 billion, (3) government purchases = $90 billion, and (4) net export = $25 billion. if the full-employment level of gdp for this economy is $600 billion, then what combination of actions would be most consistent with closing the gdp gap here?