Ale's tv productions is considering producing a pilot for a comedy series in the hope of selling it to a major television network. the network may decide to reject the series, but it may also decide to purchase the rights to the series for either one or two years. at this point in time, hale may either produce the pilot and wait for the network's decision or transfer the rights for the pilot and series to a competitor for $100,000. hale's decision alternatives and profits (in thousands of dollars) are as follows: state of nature

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is: