The corporation has been wildly successful, in this, the third year of operation. while operating in the social media advertising arena can be risky, the corporation has been able through strategic alliances and timely hires, to stay ahead of the profit curve. while the stock price continues to escalate since ipo, some shareholders grow weary of no dividends. a dividend would allow the firm to finally be listed on the nyse, opening more capital potential to the firm. as is true with any technology firm, there are corporate raiders lurking hoping that management slips, so the firm can be swallowed up. few shares are owned by the management team- only 12% of all outstanding shares. approximately 20% of the firm’s shares are in treasury, not because of an under-subscription, but because the firm purchased shares for the last two years in a buyback. as the cfo of the firm, management turns to your leadership on strategic financial issues. specifically, 1) what should the firm do about dividend policy- be specific, and 2) what can the firm do long-term to protect the organization from corporate raiders? (a two to five page report will satisfactorily meet this requirement)

Problem 2-18 job-order costing for a service company [lo2-1, lo2-2, lo2-3]speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company's direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics' hourly wages. speedy's overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager's salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 10,000fixed overhead cost $ 90,000variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate.2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 600direct labor cost $ 180direct labor-hours used 2 compute mr. wilkes' total job cost. 3. if speedy establishes its selling prices using a markup percentage of 30% of its total job cost, then how much would it have charged mr. wilkes?

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Factors like the unemployment rate, the stock market, global trade, economic policy, and the economic situation of other countries have no influence on the financial status of individuals. ( t or f)