Bramble corp. has 50 employees who work 8-hour days and are paid hourly. on january 1, 2020, the company began a program of granting its employees 10 days of paid vacation each year. vacation days earned in 2020 may first be taken on january 1, 2021. information relative to these employees is as follows: year hourly wages vacation days earned by each employee vacation days used by each employee 2020 $34.50 10 0 2021 36.50 10 8 2022 39.50 10 10 bramble has chosen to accrue the liability for compensated absences at the current rates of pay in effect when the compensated time is earned. what is the amount of the accrued liability for compensated absences that should be reported at december 31, 2022

Which of the following housing decisions provides a person with both housing and an investment? a. selling a share in a cooperative. b. buying a single-family home. c. renting an apartment. d. subletting a condominium. 2b2t

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

As the inventor of hypertension medication, onesure pharmaceuticals (osp) inc. was able to reap the benefits of economies of scale due to a large consumer demand for the drug. even when competitors later developed similar drugs after the expiry of osp's patents, regular users did not want to switch because they were concerned about possible side effects. which of the following benefits does this scenario best illustrate? a. first-mover advantages b. social benefits c. network externalities d. fringe benefits