Miguel's boss asks him to distribute information about a new dress code as quickly as possible to the entire staff. there are fifty people on the staff, and each has a networked computer. in one or two sentences, describe what miguel should do

Abc computer company has a $20 million factory in silicon valley in which in builds computer components. during the current year, abc's costs are labor (wages) of $1.01.0 million; interest on debt of $0.20.2 million; and taxes of $0.20.2 million. abc sells all its output to xyz supercomputer for $2.62.6 million. using abc's components, xyz builds four supercomputers at a cost of $0.8500.850 million each, which comes from $0.6500.650 million worth of components, $0.10.1 million in labor costs, and $0.10.1 million in taxes per computer. xyz has a $30 million factory. xyz sells three of the supercomputers to other businesses for $1.81.8 million each. at year's end, it had not sold the fourth. the unsold computer is carried on xyz's books as a $0.8500.850 million increase in inventory.

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business.the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?

Vintage fun reproduces oldminusfashioned style roller skates and skateboards. the annual production and sales of roller skates is 950 units, while 1,750 skateboards are produced and sold. the company has traditionally used direct labor hours to allocate its overhead to products. roller skates require 2.5 direct labor hours per unit, while skateboards require 1.25 direct labor hours per unit. the total estimated overhead for the period is $114,300. the company is looking at the possibility of changing to an activityminusbased costing system for its products. if the company used an activityminusbased costing system, it would have the following three activity cost pools: the overhead cost per skateboard using the traditional costing system would be closest to: a. $9.31. b. $65.31. c. $25.05. your answer is not correct.d.