Illinois soy products (upper isp) buys soybeans and processes them into other soy products. each ton of soybeans that upper isp purchases for $ 300 can be converted for an additional $ 220 into 575 lbs of soy meal and 100 gallons of soy oil. a pound of soy meal can be sold at splitoff for $ 1.28 and soy oil can be sold in bulk for $ 4 per gallon. upper isp can process the 575 pounds of soy meal into 725 pounds of soy cookies at an additional cost of $ 320. each pound of soy cookies can be sold for $ 2.28 per pound. the 100 gallons of soy oil can be packaged at a cost of $ 200 and made into 400 quarts of soyola. each quart of soyola can be sold for $ 1.55. allocate the joint cost to the cookies and the soyola using the following : a) sales value at splitoff method b) nrv method sould isp have processed each of the products further? what effect does the allocation method have on this decision?

The returns on the common stock of maynard cosmetic specialties are quite cyclical. in a boom economy, the stock is expected to return 22 percent in comparison to 9 percent in a normal economy and a negative 14 percent in a recessionary period. the probability of a recession is 35 percent while the probability of a boom is 10 percent. what is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?