According to critics, large marketing companies use patents and heavy promotion spending to ________
A) acquire smaller companies
B) offset too many social costs
C) prevent industry competition
D) achieve economies of scale
E) offset cultural pollution
C
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Halo, Inc is a consulting firm that offers optimal legal solutions
It allocates indirect costs using a single predetermined overhead allocation rate with direct labor hours as the allocation base. The estimated indirect costs for this year amount to $120,000. The company is expected to work 6,000 direct labor hours during the year. The direct labor rate is $200 per hour. Clients are billed at 120% of direct labor cost. Last month, Halo's consultants spent 180 hours on Bloomington, Inc Calculate the total costs assigned to Bloomington. A) $39,600 B) $36,000 C) $144,000 D) $3,600