As a junior analyst at an investment bank, your boss asks you to analyze the financial statements of two companies and report what you think. One company is a commercial bank and the other is an industrial company. Having studied their financials carefully, several findings came to your attention: a) one of the two firms has a higher return on assets, almost three times as high as the other firm; b) one of the two firms has a much higher leverage level, which means it has more debt in terms of the ratio of debt-to-asset; c) one of the two firms has a larger portion of its debt in deposits. Please explain which firm is more likely to be the firm in Scenario (a):

Allen's office department manufactures computer desks in its​ moosejaw, saskatchewan, plant. the company uses activity based costing to allocate all manufacturing conversion costs​ (direct labour and manufacturing​ overhead). its activities and related data​ follow: ​(click the icon to view the activity areas and related​ data.) requirements 1. compute the​ per-unit manufacturing product cost of standard desks and unpainted desks. 2. premanufacturing​ activities, such as product​ design, were assigned to the standard desks at $ 5 each and to the unpainted desks at $ 2 each. similar analyses were conducted of postmanufacturing​ activities, such as​ distribution, marketing, and customer service. the postmanufacturing costs were $ 31 per standard and $ 26 per unpainted desk. compute the full product costs per desk. 3. which product costs are reported in the external financial​ statements? which costs are used for management decision​ making? explain the difference. 4. what price should allen's managers set for standard desks to earn a $ 52 profit per​ desk?