Which of the following statements is correct? a. sinking fund provisions never require companies to retire their debt; they only establish "targets" for the company to reduce its debt over time. b. if interest rates increase after a company has issued bonds with a sinking fund, the company will be less likely to buy bonds on the open market to meet its sinking fund obligation and more likely to call them in at the sinking fund call price. c. a sinking fund provision makes a bond more risky to investors at the time of issuance. d. sinking fund provisions sometimes turn out to adversely affect bondholders, and this is most likely to occur if interest rates decline after the bond was issued. e. most sinking funds require the issuer to provide funds to a trustee, who holds the money so that it will be available to pay off bondholders when the bonds mature.

Jurvin enterprises is a manufacturing company that had no beginning inventories. a subset of the transactions that it recorded during a recent month is shown below. $76,700 in raw materials were purchased for cash. $71,400 in raw materials were used in production. of this amount, $66,300 was for direct materials and the remainder was for indirect materials. total labor wages of $151,700 were incurred and paid. of this amount, $134,300 was for direct labor and the remainder was for indirect labor. additional manufacturing overhead costs of $126,300 were incurred and paid. manufacturing overhead of $126,800 was applied to production using the company's predetermined overhead rate. all of the jobs in process at the end of the month were completed. all of the completed jobs were shipped to customers. any underapplied or overapplied overhead for the period was closed to cost of goods sold.required: 1. post the above transactions to t-accounts.2. determine the cost of goods sold for the period.

James is an employee in the widget inspection department of xyz systems, a government contractor. james was part of a 3-person inspection team that found a particular batch of widgets did not meet the exacting requirements of the u.s. government. in order to meet the tight deadline and avoid penalties under the contract, james' boss demanded that the batch of widgets be sent in fulfillment of the government contract. when james found out, he went to the vice president of the company and reported the situation. james was demoted by his boss, and no longer works on government projects. james has a:

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?