Fernando, a human resource executive, is meeting with the executive team to discuss the need to

fill a soon-to-be-vacant position for vice president of the company's Medical Devices Division. Normally, he posts vacancies on the company's website, but he encourages the team to allocate funds to hire an executive search firm (ESF) for filling this position. Which statement best supports Fernando's recommendation?
ESFs specialize in finding jobs for candidates who are currently unemployed.

ESFs can more efficiently advertise the vacant position to a wide audience.

ESFs are government-run agencies, so they offer low-cost services.

ESFs provide confidentiality for employer and recruit, giving access to better candidates.

ESFs specialize in writing effective print ads that give readers enough information.

Neveready flashlights inc. needs $317,000 to take a cash discount of 3/15, net 70. a banker will loan the money for 55 days at an interest cost of $13,200. a. what is the effective rate on the bank loan? (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. how much would it cost (in percentage terms) if the firm did not take the cash discount but paid the bill in 70 days instead of 15 days? (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) c. should the firm borrow the money to take the discount? no yes d. if the banker requires a 20 percent compensating balance, how much must the firm borrow to end up with the $317,000? e-1. what would be the effective interest rate in part d if the interest charge for 55 days were $7,200?

Josie just bought her first fish tank a 36 -gallon glass aquarium, which she’s been saving up for almost a year to buy. for josie, the fish tank is most likely what type of purchase

Performance bicycle company makes steel and titanium handle bars for bicycles. it requires approximately 1 hour of labor to make one handle bar of either type. during the most recent accounting period, barr company made 7,700 steel bars and 2,300 titanium bars. setup costs amounted to $35,000. one batch of each type of bar was run each month. if a single company-wide overhead rate based on direct labor hours is used to allocate overhead costs to the two products, the amount of setup cost assigned to the steel bars will be: