The following information is available for Birch Company at December 31: Money market fund balance $ 2,940 Certificate of deposit maturing June 30 of next year $ 16,500 Postdated checks from customers $ 1,850 Cash in bank account $ 23,931 NSF checks from customers returned by bank $ 800 Cash in petty cash fund $ 350 Inventory of postage stamps $ 33 U. S. Treasury bill purchased on December 15 and maturing on February 28 of following year $ 11,500 Based on this information, Birch Company should report Cash and Cash Equivalents on December 31 of:

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Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.