What is the main reason the government creates regulations? to keep control over what is bought and sold in the us to make sure business is conducted safely and fairly to monopolize what products a company can produce to establish profit standards for all public services?

The winston company estimates that the factory overhead for the following year will be $1,250,000. the company has decided that the basis for applying factory overhead should be machine hours, which is estimated to be 50,000 hours. the total machine hours for the year were 54,300. the actual factory overhead for the year were $1,375,000. determine the over- or underapplied amount for the year.

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is:

A.j. was a newly hired attorney for idle time gaming, inc. even though he reported directly to the president of the company, a.j. noticed that the president always had time to converse with the director of sales, calling on him to get a pulse on legal/regulatory issues that, as the company attorney, a.j. could have probably handled. a.j. also noted that the hr manager’s administrative assistant was the go-to person for a number of things that would make life easier at work. a.j. was recognizing the culture at idle time gaming.