Cube Manufacturing produces three different products: Platinum, Gold, and Silver. The financial statement from last quarter is shown below. Platinum Gold Silver Total Sales $ 500,000 $ 400,000 $ 200,000 $1,100,000 Variable costs (350,000) (300,000) (160,000) (810,000) Contribution margin 150,000 100,000 40,000 290,000 Fixed costs (80,000) (60,000) (50,000) (190,000) Operating profit (loss) $ 70,000 $ 40,000 $(10,000) $ 100,000 The general manager is thinking of eliminating the Silver product line to improve the financial results. The cost accountant cautions that the fixed costs allocated to Silver have to be absorbed by the remaining two products if the decision is finalized. Required: What should the general manager of Cube Manufacturing do and why

Which of the following statements is correct? a) due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u. s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporationsb) most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as proprietorships or corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, primarily because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships. c) due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability, which affect the ability to attract capital, most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations' less favorable tax treatmentd) large corporations are taxed more favorably than proprietorshipse) corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability

Acompany manufactures x units of product a and y units of product b, on two machines, i and ii. it has been determined that the company will realize a profit of $3 on each unit of product a and $4 on each unit of product b. to manufacture a unit of product a requires 7 min on machine i and 5 min on machine ii. to manufacture a unit of product b requires 8 min on mchine i and 5 min on machine ii. there are 175 min available on machine i and 125 min available on machine ii in each work shift. how many units of a product should be produced in each shift to maximize the company's profit p?

Sanibel autos inc. merged with its competitor vroom autos inc. this allowed sanibel autos to use its technological competencies along with vroom autos' marketing capabilities to capture a larger market share than what the two entities individually held. what type of integration does this scenario best illustrate? a. vertical b. technological c. horizontal d. perfect