The lamar company manufactures wiring tools. the company is currently producing well below its full capacity. the boston company has approached lamar with an offer to buy 13,000 tools at $1.89 each. lamar sells its tools wholesale for $1.99 each; the average cost per unit is $1.97, of which $0.41 is fixed costs. if lamar were to accept boston's offer, what would be the increase in lamar's operating profits?

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Mauro products distributes a single product, a woven basket whose selling price is $15 and whose variable expense is $12 per unit. the company’s monthly fixed expense is $4,200. required: 1. solve for the company’s break-even point in unit sales using the equation method. 2. solve for the company’s break-even point in dollar sales using the equation method and the cm ratio. (do not round intermediate calculations. round "cm ratio percent" to nearest whole percent.) 3. solve for the company’s break-even point in unit sales using the formula method. 4. solve for the company’s break-even point in dollar sales using the formula method and the cm ratio. (do not round intermediate calculations. round "cm ratio percent" to nearest whole percent.)

Corporation had a japanese yen receivable resulting from exports to japan and a brazilian real payable resulting from imports from brazil. gracie recorded foreign exchange gains related to both its yen receivable and real payable. did the foreign currencies increase or decrease in dollar value from the date of the transaction to the settlement date?