Sable, Inc. has budgeted direct materials purchases of $400,000 in March and $500,000 in April. Past experience indicates that the company pays for 60% of its purchases in the month of purchase and the remaining 40% in the next month. Other costs are all paid during the month incurred. During April, the following items were budgeted: Wages expense $120,000 Purchase of office equipment 200,000 Selling and administrative expenses 126,000 Depreciation expense 18,000 Compute the amount of budgeted cash disbursements for April.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers. b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment. c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.