SMI will need to purchase 30,000 sheets of this product on an annual basis. The steel producer has a minimum order quantity of 1,000 sheets and offers a sliding price scale based on the quantity in each order, as follows.

Order Quantity Unit Price
1000-1999 $5
2000-2999 $4
3000+ $3

The purchasing department estimates that it costs $250 to process each order, and SMI has an inventory carrying cost equal to 20 percent of the value of inventory.

Based on this information, use the price-break model to determine an optimal order quantity.
a. 5000
b. 2000
c. 3000
d. 4000
e. 1000

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

What are two benefits of consumer programs

United continental holdings, inc., (ual), operates passenger service throughout the world. the following data (in millions) were adapted from a recent financial statement of united. sales (revenue) $38,901 average property, plant, and equipment 17,219 average intangible assets 8,883 1. compute the asset turnover. round your answer to two decimal places.