The government of the South Asian nation of Albana is unable to maintain the electronics business effectively because of slack in management and lack of skilled employees. It sells the business to a company called Ramington Electricals. The company has no association with the government and operates on its own terms. The sale of the government-owned electronics business to Ramington Electricals is an example of .A. privatization
B. globalization
C. a joint venture
D. a coalition

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is: