The master budget at Western Company last period called for sales of 225,000 units at $9 each. The costs were estimated to be $3.75 variable per unit and $225,000 fixed. During the period, actual production and actual sales were 230,000 units. The selling price was $9.10 per unit. Variable costs were $4.50 per unit. Actual fixed costs were $225,000. Required:
Prepare a profit variance analysis.

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

Pam is a low-risk careful driver and fran is a high-risk aggressive driver. to reveal their driver types, an auto-insurance company a. refuses to insure high-risk drivers b. charges a higher premium to owners of newer cars than to owners of older cars c. offers policies that enable drivers to reveal their private information d. uses a pooling equilibrium e. requires drivers to categorize themselves as high-risk or low-risk on the application form

Create a list of five action verbs you might use on a job application to describe skills and/or work history. here are some examples: (organized, produced, selected, coordinated, contributed). find five other than the examples.