Following is a recent BusinessSoftware Corp. press release: REDMOND, Wash.—March 16, 2016 — BusinessSoftware Corp. today announced that its board of directors have declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share. The dividend will be payable on June 9, 2016, to shareholders of record on May 19, 2016. The ex-dividend date will be May 17, 2016 Prepare the journal entries BusinessSoftware Corp. used to record the declaration and payment of the cash dividend for its 8,600 million shares.

Maria's Food Service provides meals that nonprofit organizations distribute to handicapped and elderly people. The following is her forecasted income statement for April, when she expects to produce and sell 3,000 meals. Amount Per Unit Sales revenue $ 18,000 $ 6.00 Costs of meals produced 13,500 4.50 Gross profit $ 4,500 $ 1.50 Administrative costs 2,100 0.70 Operating profit $ 2,400 $ 0.80 Fixed costs included in this income statement are $4,500 for meal production and $600 for administrative costs. Maria has received a special request from an organization sponsoring a picnic to raise funds for the Special Olympics. This organization is willing to pay $3.50 per meal for 300 meals on April 10. Maria has sufficient idle capacity to fill this special order. These meals will incur all of the variable costs of meals produced, but variable administrative costs and total fixed costs will not be affected. Required: a. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? (Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.)

Rosa and Nick need to decide which one of them will take time off from work to complete the rather urgent task of digging postholes for their new fence. Rosa is pretty good with a post auger; she can dig the holes in 1 hour. Nick is somewhat slow; it takes him 6 hours to dig the holes. Rosa earns $120 per hour as a psychiatrist, while Nick earns $15 per hour as a cobbler. Keeping in mind that either Rosa or Nick must take time off from work to dig the holes, who has the lowest opportunity cost of completing the task?

Following is a list of financial statement items and amounts for Vantage Service as of 12/31/Year 1, the end of its first year in operation.Accounts Receivable $ 41,300Accounts Payable 31,300Cash 10,130Common Stock 21,300Notes Payable 10,260Equipment 50,650Sales Revenue 106,500Fuel Expense 10,130Rent Expense 11,200Advertising Expense 5,130Salaries and Wages Expense 21,300Retained Earnings ?Dividends 19,520Required: Prepare the Income Statement for the year ended December 31, Year 1. Prepare the statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31, Year 1. Prepare the balance sheet for the year ended December 31, Year 1.

Other things the same, when the price level rises, interest ratesa. rise, so firms increase investment.
b. rise, so firms decrease investment.
c. fall, so firms increase investment.
d. fall, so firms decrease investment.

Colter Steel has $5,600,000 in assets. Temporary current assets $ 3,200,000 Permanent current assets 1,610,000 Fixed assets 790,000 Total assets $ 5,600,000 Short-term rates are 10 percent. Long-term rates are 15 percent. Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,180,000. The tax rate is 20 percent. If long-term financing is perfectly matched (synchronized) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings after taxes be

9. Two countries: US and Mexico. Two goods: Airplane and car. A US worker's MPL is 20 times higher than a Mexican worker in making an airplane. A US worker's MPL is 5 times higher than a Mexican worker in making a car. Which country has absolute advantage in making cars and why