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What are the reporting issues in a sale and buyback agreement?

Why is the drying step, so important in the processing of traditional ceramics, usually not required in processing of new ceramics?

Gheorghe Moresan Lumber Company handles three principal lines of merchandise with these varying rates of gross profit on cost. Lumber 25% Millwork 30% Hardware and fi ttings 40% On August 18, a fire destroyed the office, lumber shed, and a considerable portion of the lumber stacked in the yard. To file a report of loss for insurance purposes, the company must know what the inventories were immediately preceding the fire. No detail or perpetual inventory records of any kind were maintained. The only pertinent information you are able to obtain are the following facts from the general ledger, which was kept in a fireproof vault and thus escaped destruction. Lumber Millwork Hardware Inventory, Jan. 1, 2014 $ 250,000 $ 90,000 $ 45,000 Purchases to Aug. 18, 2014 1,500,000 375,000 160,000 Sales revenue to Aug. 18, 2014 2,080,000 533,000 210,000 Instructions Submit your estimate of the inventory amounts immediately preceding the fire.

Who issues commercial paper? Which types of financial institutions issue commercial paper? Why do some firms create a department that can directly place commercial paper? Which criteria affect the decision to create such a department? (LO1)

Name three approaches to measuring benefit obligations from a pension plan and explain how they differ.

Distinguish between a current liability and a long-term debt.

List the reasons for each of the three factors above. (Re-read section 10.2 and Box 10.7 if you need help.)

: Describe some of the diversity challenges that managers face in the United States and globally.

Why might the Fed have difficulty in controlling the economy in the manner desired? Be specific. (LO2; LO3)

What is a gang-drilling machine?

There are 16 correct answers in the following multiple choice questions (some questions have multiple answers that are correct). To attain a perfect score on the quiz, all correct answers must be given. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. Each omitted answer or wrong answer reduces the score by 1 point, and each additional answer beyond the correct number of answers reduces the score by 1 point. Percentage on the quiz is based on the total number of correct answers. 34.1 How many electronic devices would be contained in an IC chip in order for it to be classified in the VLSI category: (a) 1000, (b) 10,000, (c) 1 million, or (d) 100 million? 34.2 An alternative name for chip in semiconductor processing is which one of the following (one best answer): (a) component, (b) device, (c) die, (d) package, or (e) wafer? 34.3 Which one of the following is the source of silicon for semiconductor processing: (a) pure Si in nature, (b) SiC, (c) Si3N4, or (d) SiO2? 34.4 Which one of the following is the most common form of radiation used in photolithography: (a) electronic beam radiation, (b) incandescent light, (c) infrared light, (d) ultraviolet light, or (e) X-ray? 34.5 After exposure to light, a positive resist becomes (a) less soluble or (b) more soluble to the chemical developing fluid? 34.6 Which of the following processes are used to add layers of various materials in IC fabrication (three best answers): (a) chemical vapor deposition, (b) diffusion, (c) ion implantation, (d) physical vapor deposition, (e) plasma etching, (f) thermal oxidation, and (g) wet etching? 34.7 Which of the following are doping processes in IC fabrication (two best answers): (a) chemical vapor deposition, (b) diffusion, (c) ion implantation, (d) physical vapor deposition, (e) plasma etching, (f) thermal oxidation, and (g) wet etching? 34.8 Which one of the following is the most common metal for intraconnection of devices in a silicon integrated circuit: (a) aluminum, (b) copper, (c) gold, (d) nickel, (e) silicon, or (f) silver? 34.9 Which etching process produces the more anisotropic etch in IC fabrication: (a) plasma etching or (b) wet chemical etching? 34.10 Which of the following are the two principal packaging materials used in IC packaging: (a) aluminum, (b) aluminum oxide, (c) copper, (d) epoxies, and (e) silicon dioxide? 34.11 Which of the following metals are commonly used for wire bonding of chip pads to the lead frame (two best answers): (a) aluminum, (b) copper, (c) gold, (d) nickel, (e) silicon, and (f) silver?

The following is a summary of all relevant transactions of Vicario Corporation since it was organized in 2014. In 2014, 15,000 shares were authorized and 7,000 shares of common stock ($50 par value) were issued at a price of $57. In 2015, 1,000 shares were issued as a stock dividend when the stock was selling for $60. Three hundred shares of common stock were bought in 2016 at a cost of $64 per share. These 300 shares are still in the company treasury. In 2015, 10,000 preferred shares were authorized and the company issued 5,000 of them ($100 par value) at $113. Some of the preferred stock was reacquired by the company and later reissued for $4,700 more than it cost the company. The corporation has earned a total of $610,000 in net income after income taxes and paid out a total of $312,600 in cash dividends since incorporation. Instructions Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet in proper form for Vicario Corporation as of December 31, 2016. Account for treasury stock using the cost method.

If the going concern assumption is not made in accounting, discuss the differences in the amounts  in the financial statements for the following items. (a) Land. (b) Unamortized bond premium. (c) Depreciation expense on equipment. (d) Inventory. (e) Prepaid insurance.

P.1 What would cause (a) a steep DAD curve; (b) a gently sloping DAD curve? P.2 Compare the short-run and long-run effects of (i) a temporary adverse supply shock and (ii) a permanent supply reduction under each of (a) and (b).

Give some examples of supply-side policies that would help to reduce the natural rate of unemployment.

The following are selected 2014 transactions of Sean Astin Corporation. Sept. 1 Purchased inventory from Encino Company on account for $50,000. Astin records purchases gross and uses a periodic inventory system. Oct. 1 Issued a $50,000, 12-month, 8% note to Encino in payment of account. Oct. 1 Borrowed $50,000 from the Shore Bank by signing a 12-month, zero-interest-bearing $54,000 note. Instructions (a) Prepare journal entries for the selected transactions above. (b) Prepare adjusting entries at December 31. (c) Compute the total net liability to be reported on the December 31 balance sheet for: (1) The interest-bearing note. (2) The zero-interest-bearing note.

What is ‘learning by doing? Why is this a possible hysteresis channel?

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Are taxpayers required to include all realized income in gross income? Explain.

Pleasant Co. manufactures specialty bike accessories. The company is known for product quality, and it has offered one of the best warranties in the industry on its higher-priced products—a lifetime guarantee,performing all the warranty work in its own shops. The warranty on these products is included in the sales price. Due to the recent introduction and growth in sales of some products targeted to the low-price market, Pleasant is considering partnering with another company to do the warranty work on this line of products, if customers purchase a service contract at the time of original product purchase. Pleasant has called you to advise the company on the accounting for this new warranty arrangement. Instructions If your school has a subscription to the FASB Codification, go to http://aaahq.org/asclogin.cfm to log in and prepare responses to the following. Provide Codification references for your responses. (a) Identify the accounting literature that addresses the accounting for the type of separately priced warranty that Pleasant is considering. (b) When are warranty contracts considered separately priced? (c) What are incremental direct acquisition costs and how should they be treated?

If this is true, why do people not increase their rate of saving?

The following article appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Bond Markets Giant Commonwealth Edison Issue Hits Resale Market With $70 Million Left Over new york—Commonwealth Edison Co.’s slow-selling new 9¼% bonds were tossed onto the resale market at a reduced price with about $70 million still available from the $200 million offered Thursday, dealers said. The Chicago utility’s bonds, rated double-A by Moody’s and double-A-minus by Standard & Poor’s, originally had been priced at 99.803, to yield 9.3% in 5 years. They were marked down yesterday the equivalent of about $5.50 for each $1,000 face amount, to about 99.25, where their yield jumped to 9.45%. Instructions (a) How will the development above affect the accounting for Commonwealth Edison’s bond issue? (b) Provide several possible explanations for the markdown and the slow sale of Commonwealth Edison’s bonds.

At December 31, 2014, Ashley Co. has outstanding purchase commitments for 150,000 gallons, at $6.20 per gallon, of a raw material to be used in its manufacturing process. The company prices its raw material inventory at cost or market, whichever is lower. Assuming that the market price as of December 31, 2014, is $5.90, how would you treat this situation in the accounts?

Question: Where can authoritative IFRS guidance related to stockholders’ equity be found?

Calculate price elasticity of demand between points n and l using the arc method. Does this give the same answer as by the point method? Would it if the demand curve were actually curved?