At the end of the year, the records of NCIS Corporation provided the following selected and incomplete data: Common stock ($10 par value); no changes in account during the year. Shares authorized: 250,000. Shares issued: (all shares were issued at $15 per share; $2,115,000 total cash collected). Treasury stock: 5,000 shares (repurchased at $15 per share). The treasury stock was acquired after a stock split was announced. Net income: $263,840. Dividends declared and paid: $144,160. Retained earnings beginning balance: $605,000. Required: 1. Complete the following tabulation: 2. Calculate the balance in the Additional paid-in capital account. 3. What is earnings per share (EPS)

The text states, “the committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen further improvement in the labor market….” why would the committee raise the federal funds rate as the labor market improves?

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

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