The hotel chain Ritz-Carlton uses the phrase "Ladies and gentlemen taking care of ladies and gentlemen" to demonstrate the company's cultural commitment to take care of both employees and customers. Which of the following is the Ritz-Carlton using to express its corporate culture?a. The company is expressing its key corporate value with a slogan. b. The company is using a ceremonial demonstration of its values. c. The company is conveying the value of its employees with a story. d. The company is illustrating its heroes with strong company values.

Jennifer purchased a house in a brand new development in the outskirts of town. when her house was built, the nearest fire department was nearly 20 miles away. as her neighborhood developed, the density of the community called for a new fire department 1.5 miles away. what effect will the new fire station have on her homeowners insurance premium? a. a new fire department will be more demanding on local taxes. her annual premium will go up. b. the location of a fire department has no bearing on the value of her house. her annual premium will stay the same. c. the new fire department will reduce the risk of financial loss in her home. her annual premium should decrease. d. with a fire department so close (less than 5 miles), financial risk on jennifer’s home practically disappears. she will not need to pay insurance anymore.

The gilbert instrument corporation is considering replacing the wood steamer it currently uses to shape guitar sides. the steamer has 6 years of remaining life. if kept, the steamer will have depreciaiton expenses of $650 for five years and $325 for the sixthyear. its current book value is $3,575, and it can be sold on an internet auction site for$4,150 at this time. if the old steamer is not replaced, it can be sold for $800 at the endof its useful life. gilbert is considering purchasing the side steamer 3000, a higher-end steamer, whichcosts $12,000 and has an estimated useful life of 6 years with an estimated salvage value of$1,500. this steamer falls into the macrs 5-year class, so the applicable depreciationrates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. the new steamer is fasterand allows for an output expansion, so sales would rise by $2,000 per year; the newmachine's much greater efficiency would reduce operating expenses by $1,900 per year. to support the greater sales, the new machine would require that inventories increase by$2,900, but accounts payable would simultaneously increase by $700. gilbert's marginalfederal-plus-state tax rate is 40%, and its wacc is 15%.a. should it replace the old steamer? b. npv of replace = $2,083.51

Listed below are several transactions that took place during the first two years of operations for the law firm of pete, pete, and roy. year 1 year 2amounts billed to clients for services rendered $ 170,000 $ 220,000 cash collected from clients 160,000 190,000 cash disbursements salaries paid to employees for services rendered during the year 90,000 100,000 utilities 30,000 40,000 purchase of insurance policy 60,000 0 in addition, you learn that the company incurred utility costs of $35,000 in year 1, that there were no liabilities at the end of year 2, no anticipated bad debts on receivables, and that the insurance policy covers a three-year period. required: 1. & 3. calculate the net operating cash flow for years 1 and 2 and determine the amount of receivables from clients that the company would show in its year 1 and year 2 balance sheets prepared according to the accrual accounting model.2. prepare an income statement for each year according to the accrual accounting model.