Use the following information from separate companies a through f:

net income (loss) interest expense income taxes
a. $ 118,000 $ 62,540 $ 29,500
b. 112,600 32,654 40,536
c. 121,100 6,055 58,128
d. 100,300 44,132 42,126
e. 76,700 19,942 29,146
f. (33,040 ) 73,349 0

1. compute times interest earned.

2. which company indicates the strongest ability to pay interest expense as it comes due?

Alyeska services company, a division of a major oil company, provides various services to the operators of the north slope oil field in alaska. data concerning the most recent year appear below: sales $18,000,000 net operating income $6,300,000 average operating assets $35,200,000 1. compute the margin for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. compute the turnover for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 3. compute the return on investment (roi) for alyeska services company. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Your own record of all your transactions. a. check register b. account statement

Banana computers has decided to procure processing chips required for its laptops from external suppliers instead of manufacturing them in their own facilities. how will this decision affect the firm? a. the firm will be protected against the principal-agent problem. b. the firm's administrative costs will be low because of necessary bureaucracy. c. the firm will have more flexibility in purchasing and comparing prices of goods and services. d. the firm will have high-powered incentives, such as hourly wages and salaries.