Preston, Inc., manufactures wooden shelving units for collecting and sorting mail. The company expects to produce 300 units in July and 360 units in August. Each unit requires 12 feet of wood at a cost of $1.30 per foot. Preston wants to always have 260 feet of wood on hand in materials inventory. Compute Preston's direct materials purchases budget for July and Augus

Historically, 12 percent of a mail-order firm's repeat charge-account customers have an incorrect current address in the firm's computer database. the number of customers out of 19 who have an incorrect address in the database is a binomial random variable with n = 19 and 2formula36.mml = 0.12.

Panera bread is a chain of cafes serving sandwiches, soups, and freshly baked breads. the company began in 1981 with stores primarily located along the east coast of the united states. since then, the firm has expanded to over 1,300 locations throughout the united states and canada. the firm has strong earnings and has been designated by business week as a "significant growth company." panera bread executives are considering the idea of expanding globally by opening cafes in asia through a franchising strategy. which of the following, if true, supports the argument that panera bread should expand into asia through franchising? a: the panera bread menu changes rapidly, and each cafe's artisan bread bakers receive regular training on new recipes. b: panera bread executives want fast access to the asian market without a significant investment of capital. c: panera bread executives want to test the asian market with a short-term commitment that allows them to make quick profits. d: the panera bread mission is to make excellent bread available to customers around the world.

Email viruses are typically launched by people who modify header information to hide their identity. brightmail's enrique salem says that in the future, your email reader will authenticate the sender before putting hte message in your inbox. that way, you will know the source of all the emails you read. alan nugent of novell says, "i'm kind of a fan of eliminating anonymity if that is the price for security." will eliminating anonymity make computers more secure?