Glacier Bicycle Company manufactures commuter bicycles from recycled materials. The following data for October are available: Quantity of direct labor used 5,000 hrs.
Actual rate for direct labor $22.75 per hr.
Bicycles completed in October 800 bicycles
Standard direct labor per bicycle 6.0 hrs.
Standard rate for direct labor $24.00 per hr.

Requried:
a. Determine for October the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance.
b. How much direct labor should be debited to Work in Process?

Prepare journal entries for each transaction and identify the financial statement impact of each entry. the financial statements are automatically generated based on the journal entries recorded. apr. 1 tanner invested $80,000 cash along with office equipment valued at $26,000 in the company in exchange for common stock.apr. 2 the company prepaid $9,000 cash for 12 months' rent for office space. the company's policy is record prepaid expenses in balance sheet accounts.apr. 3 the company made credit purchases for $8,000 in office equipment and $3,600 in office supplies. payment is due within 10 days.apr. 6 the company completed services for a client and immediately received $4,000 cash.apr. 9 the company completed a $6,000 project for a client, who must pay within 30 days.apr. 13 the company paid $11,600 cash to settle the account payable created on april 3.apr. 19 the company paid $2,400 cash for the premium on a 12-month insurance policy. the company's policy is record prepaid expenses in balance sheet accounts.apr. 22 the company received $4,400 cash as partial payment for the work completed on april 9.apr. 25 the company completed work for another client for $2,890 on credit.apr. 28 the company paid $5,500 cash in dividends.apr. 29 the company purchased $600 of additional office supplies on credit.apr. 30 the company paid $435 cash for this month's utility bill.

Why is following an unrelated diversification strategy especially advantageous in an emerging economy? a. it allows the conglomerate to overcome institutional weaknesses in emerging economies. b. it allows the conglomerate to form a monopoly in emerging economies. c. it allows the conglomerate to use well-defined legal systems in emerging economies. d. it allows the conglomerate to take advantage of strong capital markets in emerging economies.

Beranek corp has $720,000 of assets, and it uses no debt--it is financed only with common equity. the new cfo wants to employ enough debt to raise the debt/assets ratio to 40%, using the proceeds from borrowing to buy back common stock at its book value. how much must the firm borrow to achieve the target debt ratio? a. $273,600b. $288,000c. $302,400d. $317,520e. $333,396