A publisher entered into a contract with a paper manufacturer who used very fine materials, whereby the publisher was given the right to purchase all paper refined by the paper manufacturer for the next five years at a price set at 95% of the domestic market price at the time of delivery. The publisher agreed to purchase no less than 1,000 pounds of paper a week. At the time this contract was signed, the publisher gave written notice to the paper manufacturer that it intended to buy all paper produced by the paper manufacturer until further notice. The paper manufacturer then sold its business to a lumber-processing company. What is the effect of this sale on the paper manufacturer's obligation to the publisher?

Assuming no direct factory overhead costs (i. e., inventory carry costs) and $3 million dollars in combined promotion and sales budget, the deft product manager wishes to achieve a product contribution margin of 35%. given their product currently is priced at $35.00, what would they need to limit the material and labor costs to?

Which statement describes a monopoly? many firms produce identical products with no control over the market price. many firms produce differentiated products with control over market price. a single firm produces a product with no close substitutes and control over the market price. a single firm produces a product with many close substitutes and limited control over the market price.

Data pertaining to the current position of forte company are as follows: cash $437,500 marketable securities 170,000 accounts and notes receivable (net) 320,000 inventories 700,000 prepaid expenses 42,000 accounts payable 240,000 notes payable (short-term) 250,000 accrued expenses 310,000 required: 1. compute (a) the working capital, (b) the current ratio, and (c) the quick ratio. round ratios to one decimal place. 2. compute the working capital, the current ratio, and the quick ratio after each of the following transactions, and record the results in the appropriate columns of the table provided. consider each transaction separately and assume that only that transaction affects the data given. round to one decimal place. a. sold marketable securities at no gain or loss, 75,000. b. paid accounts payable, 135,000. c. purchased goods on account, 100,000. d. paid notes payable, 105,000. e. declared a cash dividend, 125,000. f. declared a common stock dividend on common stock, 45,000. g. borrowed cash from bank on a long-term note, 205,000. h. received cash on account, 130,000. i. issued additional shares of stock for cash, 635,000. j. paid cash for prepaid expenses, 15,000.