Based on information in the Washington Post article "The retirement costs that are rising faster than Social Security benefits", identify which costs have increased faster than Social Security benefits since the year 2000. Clothing Rent Electricity Restaurant meals Heating oil Home security systems

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?

An upper-middle-class manager tends to have hostile relationship with the working-class employees in the firm because of his tendency to perceive himself as superior to them based on his class background. in this example, the manager exhibits: question 14 options: 1) class consciousness. 2) cultural awareness. 3) social mobility. 4) group orientation.

Acompany sells garden hoses and uses the perpetual inventory system to account for its merchandise. the beginning balance of the inventory and its transactions during september were as follows: