Salt Company reports net income of $360 million for 2017; the company's tax rate is 40%. At the beginning of the year, 200 million common shares were outstanding. On July 1, Salt sold an additional 80 million shares and on October 1 distributed a 10% stock dividend. On December 1, the company reacquired 24 million of its outstanding shares.

a. The company's weighted-average shares for the purpose of calculating basic EPS will be .

Which of the following statements is true regarding the reporting of outside interests and the management of conflicts? investigators are responsible for developing their own management plans for significant financial interests. the institution must report identified financial conflicts of interest to the u.s. office of research integrity. investigators must disclose their significant financial interests related to their institutional responsibilities and not just those related to a particular project. investigators must disclose all of their financial interests regardless of whether they are related to a research project.

The following cost and inventory data are taken from the accounting records of mason company for the year just completed: costs incurred: direct labor cost $ 90,000 purchases of raw materials $ 134,000 manufacturing overhead $ 205,000 advertising expense $ 45,000 sales salaries $ 101,000 depreciation, office equipment $ 225,000 beginning of the year end of the year inventories: raw materials $ 8,100 $ 10,300 work in process $ 5,900 $ 21,000 finished goods $ 77,000 $ 25,800 required: 1. prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured. 2. prepare the cost of goods sold section of mason company’s income statement for the year.

Garcia industries has sales of $200,000 and accounts receivable of $18,500, and it gives its customers 25 days to pay. the industry average dso is 27 days, based on a 365-day year. if the company changes its credit and collection policy sufficiently to cause its dso to fall to the industry average, and if it earns 8.0% on any cash freed-up by this change, how would that affect its net income, assuming other things are held constant? a. $241.45b. $254.16c. $267.54d. $281.62e. $296.44