Caspion Corporation makes and sells a product called a Miniwarp. One Miniwarp requires 10.5 kilograms of the raw material Jurislon. Budgeted production of Miniwarps for the next five months is as follows:August 24,300 unitsSeptember 23,000 unitsOctober 24,400 unitsNovember 25,600 unitsDecember 25,300 unitsThe company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of Jurislon equal to 25% of the following month's production needs. On July 31, this requirement was not met since only 12,500 kilograms of Jurislon were on hand. The cost of Jurislon is $24 per kilogram. The company wants to prepare a Direct Materials Purchase Budget for the next five months. The total cost of Jurislon to be purchased in August is:

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?

Xie company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for 2017. the company manufactures two types of go-karts: deluxe and basic. activity expected costs expected activity handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet designing packaging 75,000 2 models required: 1. compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. in january 2017, the deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

Arecession is defined as a period in which