For many years, clark company operated exclusively in the united states but recently expanded its operations to the pacific rim countries of new zealand, singapore, and australia. after a modest beginning in these countries, recent successes have resulted in an increased level of operations in each country. operating information (in thousands of u. s. dollars) for the company’s domestic and foreign operations follows: united states new zealand singapore australia sales to unaffiliated $ 2,500 $ 320 $ 60 $ 120 interarea sales 100 10 operating expenses 1,820 290 70 30 long-lived assets 2,200 280 140 80 in addition, common costs of $120,000 are to be allocated to operations on the basis of the ratio of an area’s sales to nonaffiliates to total company sales to nonaffiliates. required: a. determine the profit or loss for each geographic segment. (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your dollar amounts in thousands of dollars. round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

Mandalay hotel bases its budgets on guest-days. the hotel's static budget for august appears below: budgeted number of guest-days 4,300 budgeted variable costs: supplies (@$9.60 per guest-day) $ 41,280 laundry (@$9.40 per guest-day) 40,420 total variable cost 81,700 budgeted fixed costs: wages and salaries 57,190 occupancy costs 52,030 total fixed cost 109,220 total cost $ 190,920 the total cost at the activity level of 5,200 guest-days per month should be:

what is your question? 1 high schoolbusiness 5 points imagine that you have won $100 in the state lottery. you have a choice between spending the money on shopping now or putting it away in a savings account for one year. you decide to spend the money now on shopping. thus, you will lose the interest that you could have earned by saving the money. the lost interest is cost of spending money now.

4. understanding different policy options to correct for negative externalities carbon dioxide emissions have been linked to global warming. the following table lists some possible public policies aimed at reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. for each policy listed, identify whether it is a command-and-control policy (regulation), tradable permit system, corrective subsidy, or corrective tax. public policy command-and-control policy tradable permit system corrective subsidy corrective tax the government charges factories $110 for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit. the government orders every factory to adopt a new technology, which reduces carbon-dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. trees take carbon dioxide out of the air and convert it to oxygen, so the government funds a tree-planting initiative by offering $110 to any citizen who plants a tree. the government limits total carbon-dioxide emissions by all factories to 180,000 tons per month. each individual factory is given the right to emit 140 tons of carbon dioxide, and factories may buy and sell these rights in a marketplace.