Your company is trying to decide which one of two projects it should accept. Both projects have the same start-up costs. Project 1 will produce annual cash flows of $52 000 at the end of each year for six years. Project 2 will produce cash flows of $39 000 at the beginning of each year for eight years. The company requires a 15% return. Required:

a. Which project should the company select and why?

b. Which project should the company select if the interest rate is 12% at the cash flows in Project 2 is also at the end of each year?

The amberssen specialty company is a chain of twelve retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the toronto area. amberssen has an is staff of three people who have created a simple but effective information system of networked point-of-sale registers at the stores and a centralized accounting system at the company head- quarters. harry hilman, the head of amberssens is group, has just received the following memo from bill amberssen, sales director (and son of amberssen’s founder). harry—it’s time amberssen specialty launched itself on the internet. many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be there too. i project that we could double or triple our annual revenues by selling our products on the internet. i’d like to have this ready by - giving, in time for the prime holiday gift-shopping season. bill after pondering this memo for several days, harry scheduled a meeting with bill so that he could clarify bill’s vision of this venture. using the standard con- tent of a system request as your guide, prepare a list of questions that harry needs to have answered about this project.

Match each item to check for while reconciling a bank account with the document to which it relates. (there's not just one answer) 1. balancing account statement 2. balancing check register a. nsf fees b. deposits in transit c. interest earned d. bank errors

You are in the market for a new refrigerator for your company’s lounge, and you have narrowed the search down to two models. the energy efficient model sells for $700 and will save you $45 at the end of each of the next five years in electricity costs. the standard model has features similar to the energy efficient model but provides no future saving in electricity costs. it is priced at only $500. assuming your opportunity cost of funds is 6 percent, which refrigerator should you purchase