Answer:
Water freight is a very important method of transportation and is the second cheapest (railroad is the cheapest). Huge volumes can be shipped at relatively low prices which is extremely important for raw materials and commodities.
The problem with water freight is that it is relatively slow though. Another problem that water freight faces is that it is cheap for medium and long distances, but uneconomical for short ones.
A great impediment for the technological progress of water freight is that most ports are obsolete and have not been updated in many years. Updating them is very expensive and many of them are public ports which doesn't help either.
Most new carrier ships (which are very high tech) are probably too big to fit into most US ports, so even if a carrier company invests huge amounts of money in them, where will they them? Technological progress must start with the ports, then water carriers should improve.
Another problem is that regulation is very loose in the US, especially regarding maritime ports.
Answer:
The retained earnings should Quartz report at December 31, 2018 is $570,000
Explanation:
In this question, we apply the retained earnings equation which is shown below:
Ending retained earnings balance = Beginning retained earning balance + net income - dividend paid
= $390,000 + $220,000 - $40,000
= $570,000
The net income should be added while dividend should be deducted for finding out the ending retained earnings balance
Answer: $3,086
Explanation:
Wrote checks totaling $41,500 in
October less $39,460 of these checks cleared in October
Wrote checks totaling $45,321 in November less $44,275 cleared the bank in November
Balance of uncleared checks
In October is $41,500 - $39,460 = $2,040
In November is $45,321 - $44,275 = $1,046
Total outstanding checks on 30 Nov is $2,040+$1,046 = $3,086
Answer:
Letter A is correct. <u>Fostering competition.</u>
Explanation:
In this case, it is correct to say that small businesses are fostering competition.
Competition in the business world can be defined as a situation where two or more companies that supply products are rivals in the quest to conquer the same market and the same customers.
Large companies often have some dominance and influence over the market, which means that they impose various barriers to market entry by other competing companies, especially if they are micro-companies. In the case of the above question, when there are a large number of small companies looking to establish themselves in a specific niche in the market, due to possible retaliation by large companies, together, they are exerting an influence on the market that promotes competition.
Answer:
Subtracting the base period amount from the analysis period amount, dividing the result by the base period amount, and then multiplying that amount by 100.
Explanation:
Financial accounting is an accounting technique used for analyzing, summarizing and reporting of financial transactions like sales costs, purchase costs, payables and receivables of an organization using standard financial guidelines such as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial accounting standards board (FASB). It can be defined as the field of accounting involving specific processes such as recording, summarizing, analysis and reporting of financial transactions with respect to business operations over a specific period of time. Financial experts or accountant uses either the cash basis or accrual basis of accounting.
There are two (2) main methods used in financial accounting for analyzing financial statements and these are;
I. Vertical analysis.
II. Horizontal analysis.
Horizontal analysis compares historical financial informations over a number of reporting periods.
In horizontal analysis the percent change is computed by subtracting the base period amount from the analysis period amount, dividing the result by the base period amount, and then multiplying that amount by 100.
