If a company presently has B+ credit rating, which one of the following will NOT contribute to achieving a higher credit rating? A. A "low" default risk ratio
B. Larger retained earnings
C. A lower debt to assets ratio
D. A higher interest coverage ratio
E. A higher default risk ratio

Moody corporation uses a job-order costing system with a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. at the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates: machine-hours required to support estimated production 100,000 fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 650,000 variable manufacturing overhead cost per machine-hour $ 3.00 required: 1. compute the plantwide predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, job 400 was started and completed. the following information was available with respect to this job: direct materials $ 450 direct labor cost $ 210 machine-hours used 40

Sarah wants to use a suitable forecasting method to forecast the sales of umbrellas at her shop. she knows that her sales are seasonal. which technique of sales forecasting would you suggest to her?

when taxes are levied on transactions, irrespective of the party they are levied on, a. the government can absorb some of the surplus, but also creates a social loss since some of the wealth creating transactions are discouraged b. the government can absorb all the producer surplus from the transactions as revenue c. the government can absorb all of the surplus (producer and consumer) d. the government can absorb all the consumer surplus from the transactions as revenue