Mr. Andrews in an investor who is willing to invest some amount in the financial securities for a period of 7 years. Company ZTC is offering a 7 year zero-coupon bond of the face value of $5,000. The yield-to-maturity (YTM) of this zero-coupon bond is 5.00% with semi-annual compounding. Mr. Andrews is really interested in buying this bond and wants to know the maximum current price of this bond he must pay?

Maria am corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. the baking department is one of the processing departments in its strudel manufacturing facility. in june in the baking department, the cost of beginning work in process inventory was $4,880, the cost of ending work in process inventory was $1,150, and the cost added to production was $25,200. required: prepare a cost reconciliation report for the baking department for june.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

Anderson farms, inc. provided the following for 2018: cost of goods sold (cost of sales)$1,300,000beginning merchandise inventory340,000ending merchandise inventory630,000calculate the company's inventory turnover ratio for the year. (round your answer to two decimal places.)