Company A: Current Ratio: 1.3; Inventory Turnover: 8.0; Days Sales Outstanding: 20; Asset Turnover: 1.5; Profit Margin: 9.4%; ROA: 8.7%; ROE: 26.3%; Debt /Equity: 1.4; P/E Ratio: 30.3 Company B: Current Ratio: 1.4; Inventory Turnover: 6.4; Days Sales Outstanding: 34; Asset Turnover: 0.8; Profit Margin: 13.6%; ROA: 12.6%; ROE: 14.6%; Debt /Equity: 0.8; P/E Ratio: 14.3 Company C: Current Ratio: 1.0; Inventory Turnover: 12.0; Days Sales Outstanding: 48; Asset Turnover: 1.0; Profit Margin: 5.3%; ROA: 7.3%; ROE: 18.4%; Debt /Equity: 0.4; P/E Ratio: 18.5 Group of answer choices Company A is the worst at collecting receivables Company C uses the most debt Company B has the lowest liquidity Company C has the best margins Company A is the most efficient in generating sales on investments

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

Assume that a local bank sells two services, checking accounts and atm card services. the bank’s only two customers are mr. donethat and ms. beenthere. mr. donethat is willing to pay $8 a month for the bank to service his checking account and $2 a month for unlimited use of his atm card. ms. beenthere is willing to pay only $5 for a checking account, but is willing to pay $9 for unlimited use of her atm card. assume that the bank can provide each of these services at zero marginal cost.refer to scenario 17-5. if the bank is unable to use tying, what is the profit-maximizing price to charge for a checking account

Which of the following is the best example of substitution? a. movie producers begin making more comedies because they cost less to make than action films. b. people walk out before the end of a movie because the acting and the plot are terrible. c. people at the movie theater switch from popcorn to candy because popcorn has gotten too expensive. d. more people begin going to matinee movies instead of night movies to save money on the tickets.