In spring 2017, parmac engineering company signed a $240 million contract with the city of parkersburg, to construct a new city hall. parmac expects to construct the building within two years and incur expenses of $180 million. the city of parkersburg paid $60 million when the contract was signed, $120 million within the next six months, and the final $60 million exactly one year from the signing of the contract. parmac incurred $72 million in costs during 2017 and rest in 2018 to complete the contract on time. using the cost-to-cost method how much revenue should parmac recognize in 2017?

What is the most important type of decision that the financial manager makes?

T-comm makes a variety of products. it is organized in two divisions, north and south. the managers for each division are paid, in part, based on the financial performance of their divisions. the south division normally sells to outside customers but, on occasion, also sells to the north division. when it does, corporate policy states that the price must be cost plus 20 percent to ensure a "fair" return to the selling division. south received an order from north for 300 units. south's planned output for the year had been 1,200 units before north's order. south's capacity is 1,500 units per year. the costs for producing those 1,200 units follow

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.