On Tuesday, Smokey had taken off his watch, which he had found laying on top of a trash can at the curbside, and placed it on the counter. Several days later, Smokey decided to invite some friends over to play cards. Bandit, Jim, Rob, and Carl came over for the event. Bandit noticed the watch sitting on the counter, and when no one was around he took it. The next day, Bandit sold the watch to Enos for $350. Enos later sold the watch to Rick for $430. When Rick met Smokey later that night for the football game, Smokey realized that Rick had his watch and demanded its return. Rick refused, claiming it was his because he had paid Rick for it. Who owns the watch?

The following data pertains to activity and costs for two months: june july activity level in 10,000 12,000 direct materials $16,000 $ ? fixed factory rent 12,000 ? manufacturing overhead 10,000 ? total cost $38,000 $42,900 assuming that these activity levels are within the relevant range, the manufacturing overhead for july was: a) $10,000 b) $11,700 c) $19,000 d) $9,300

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?