In a perfectly competitive market, all producers sell identical goods or services. additionally, there are many buyers and sellers. because of these two characteristics, both buyers and sellers in perfectly competitive markets are price . true or false: the market for public utilities, like gas and electricity, does exhibit the two primary characteristics that define perfectly competitive markets. a. true b. false

Molander corporation is a distributor of a sun umbrella used at resort hotels. data concerning the next month’s budget appear below: selling price per unit $ 29 variable expense per unit $ 14 fixed expense per month $ 12,450 unit sales per month 980 required: 1. what is the company’s margin of safety? (do not round intermediate calculations.) 2. what is the company’s margin of safety as a percentage of its sales? (round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places (i.e. 0.1234 should be entered as 12.

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You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?