You sell short 300 shares of Microsoft that are currently selling at $30 per share. You post the 50% margin required on the short sale. If you earn no interest on the funds in your margin account, what will be your rate of return after 1 year if Microsoft is selling at $27? (Ignore any dividends.)

Proportion of us adults who own a cell phone. in a survey of 1006 us adults in 2014, 90% said they had a cell phone.1

The green fiddle has declared a $5 per share dividend. suppose capital gains are not taxed, but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. new irs regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. green fiddle stock sells for $71.50 per share, and the stock is about to go ex-dividend. what will the ex-dividend price be?

The law firm of furlan and benson accumulates costs associated with individual cases, using a job order cost system. the following transactions occurred during july: jul. 3 charged 175 hours of professional (lawyer) time to the obsidian co. breech of contract suit to prepare for the trial, at a rate of $150 per hour. 10 reimbursed travel costs to employees for depositions related to the obsidian case, $12,500. 14 charged 260 hours of professional time for the obsidian trial at a rate of $185 per hour. 18 received invoice from consultants wadsley and harden for $30,000 for expert testimony related to the obsidian trial. 27 applied office overhead at a rate of $62 per professional hour charged to the obsidian case. 31 paid administrative and support salaries of $28,500 for the month. 31 used office supplies for the month, $4,000. 31 paid professional salaries of $74,350 for the month. 31 billed obsidian $172,500 for successful defense of the case. required: a. provide the journal entries for each of these transactions. refer to the chart of accounts for exact wording of account titles. b. how much office overhead is over- or underapplied? c. determine the gross profit on the obsidian case, assuming that over- or underapplied office overhead is closed monthly to cost of services.