Which of the following is not an external information source for a business?
a. an invoice recording the details of a recent sale made by the companyb. forbes magazinec. the dun and bradstreet business databased. the us census bureau

Alyeska services company, a division of a major oil company, provides various services to the operators of the north slope oil field in alaska. data concerning the most recent year appear below: sales $18,000,000 net operating income $6,300,000 average operating assets $35,200,000 1. compute the margin for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. compute the turnover for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 3. compute the return on investment (roi) for alyeska services company. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Cooper, cpa, is auditing the financial statements of a small rural municipality. the receivable balances represent residents’ delinquent real estate taxes. internal control at the municipality is weak. to determine the existence of the accounts receivable balances at the balance sheet date, cooper would most likely: cooper, cpa, is auditing the financial statements of a small rural municipality. the receivable balances represent residents’ delinquent real estate taxes. internal control at the municipality is weak. to determine the existence of the accounts receivable balances at the balance sheet date, cooper would most likely:

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?