On september 30 of year 1, julian company had finished goods inventory of 1,000 units. starting in october, julian intends to have an inventory policy of maintaining ending inventory at the end of every month equal to the next month's sales. for example, ending inventory at the end of october should be equal to forecasted sales in november. forecasted sales for the months october, year 1 through january, year 2 are as follows. october 2,300 unitsnovember 3,000 unitsdecember 1,000 unitsjanuary 700 unitswhat is the amount of budgeted production for october?

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

Best burger is a major fast food chain. its managers are motivated to grow the firm in order to increase their market power and change the industry structure in their favor. which of the following strategies is most associated with their motive for growth? a. employing celebrity spokespeople b. implementing automated burger-making machinery c. purchasing competitors d. increasing executive salaries

Max maxwell's property is assessed at $412,500. he pays $5775.00 in property taxes, what is the property tax rate in his city?