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If firms believe the aggregate supply curve to be relatively elastic, what effect will this belief have on the outcome of an increase in aggregate demand?

On January 1, 2014, Novotna Company purchased $400,000, 8% bonds of Aguirre Co. for $369,114. The bonds were purchased to yield 10% interest. Interest is payable semiannually on July 1 and January 1. The bonds mature on January 1, 2019. Novotna Company uses the effective-interest method to amortize discount or premium. On January 1, 2016, Novotna Company sold the bonds for $370,726 after receiving interest to meet its liquidity needs. Instructions (a) Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase of bonds on January 1. Assume that the bonds are classified as available-for-sale. (b) Prepare the amortization schedule for the bonds. (c) Prepare the journal entries to record the semiannual interest on July 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014. (d) If the fair value of Aguirre bonds is $372,726 on December 31, 2015, prepare the necessary adjusting entry. (Assume the fair value adjustment balance on January 1, 2015, is a debit of $3,375.) (e) Prepare the journal entry to record the sale of the bonds on January 1, 2016.

Using the appropriate interest table, compute the present values of the following periodic amounts due at the end of the designated periods. (a) $30,000 receivable at the end of each period for 8 periods compounded at 12%. (b) $30,000 payments to be made at the end of each period for 16 periods at 9%. (c) $30,000 payable at the end of the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth periods at 12%.

What are the two basic mechanisms of corrosion protection?

Cajun Company has outstanding 2,500 shares of $100 par, 6% preferred stock and 15,000 shares of $10 par value common. The following schedule shows the amount of dividends paid out over the last 4 years. Instructions Allocate the dividends to each type of stock under assumptions (a) and (b). Express your answers in pershare amounts using the format shown below. Assumptions (a) (b) Preferred, noncumulative, Preferred, cumulative, and nonparticipating and fully participating Year Paid-out Preferred Common Preferred Common 2012 $13,000 2013 $26,000 2014 $57,000 2015 $76,000

Arantxa Corporation has outstanding 20,000 shares of $5 par value common stock. On August 1, 2014, Arantxa reacquired 200 shares at $80 per share. On November 1, Arantxa reissued the 200 shares at $70 per share. Arantxa had no previous treasury stock transactions. Prepare Arantxa’s journal entries to record these transactions using the cost method.

What is the Guerin process?

Assuming that Y rises each year as a result of increases in productivity, can money supply rise without causing inflation? Would this destroy the validity of the quantity theory?

Define surface texture.

Dimitri Company, a manufacturer of small tools, provided the following information from its accounting records for the year ended December 31, 2014. Inventory at December 31, 2014 (based on physical count of goods in Dimitri’s plant, at cost, on December 31, 2014) $1,520,000 Accounts payable at December 31, 2014 1,200,000 Net sales (sales less sales returns) 8,150,000 Additional information is as follows. 1. Included in the physical count were tools billed to a customer f.o.b. shipping point on December 31, 2014. These tools had a cost of $31,000 and were billed at $40,000. The shipment was on Dimitri’s loading dock waiting to be picked up by the common carrier. 2. Goods were in transit from a vendor to Dimitri on December 31, 2014. The invoice cost was $76,000, and the goods were shipped f.o.b. shipping point on December 29, 2014. 3. Work in process inventory costing $30,000 was sent to an outside processor for plating on December 30, 2014. 4. Tools returned by customers and held pending inspection in the returned goods area on December 31, 2014, were not included in the physical count. On January 8, 2015, the tools costing $32,000 were inspected and returned to inventory. Credit memos totaling $47,000 were issued to the customers onthe same date. 5. Tools shipped to a customer f.o.b. destination on December 26, 2014, were in transit at December 31, 2014, and had a cost of $26,000. Upon notification of receipt by the customer on January 2, 2015, Dimitri issued a sales invoice for $42,000. 6. Goods, with an invoice cost of $27,000, received from a vendor at 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2014, were recorded on a receiving report dated January 2, 2015. The goods were not included in the physical count, but the invoice was included in accounts payable at December 31, 2014. 7. Goods received from a vendor on December 26, 2014, were included in the physical count. However, the related $56,000 vendor invoice was not included in accounts payable at December 31, 2014, because the accounts payable copy of the receiving report was lost. 8. On January 3, 2015, a monthly freight bill in the amount of $8,000 was received. The bill specifically related to merchandise purchased in December 2014, one-half of which was still in the inventory at December 31, 2014. The freight charges were not included in either the inventory or in accounts payable at December 31, 2014. Instructions Using the format shown below, prepare a schedule of adjustments as of December 31, 2014, to the initial amounts per Dimitri’s accounting records. Show separately the effect, if any, of each of the eight transactions on the December 31, 2014, amounts. If the transactions would have no effect on the initial amount shown, enter NONE. Accounts Net Inventory Payable Sales Initial amounts $1,520,000 $1,200,000 $8,150,000 Adjustments—increase (decrease) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total adjustments Adjusted amounts $ $ $

In the iron-iron carbide phase diagram of Figure 6.4, identify the phase or phases present at the following temperatures and nominal compositions: (a) 650°C (1200°F) and 2% Fe3C, (b) 760°C (1400°F) and 2% Fe3C, and (c) 1095°C (2000°F) and 1% Fe3C.

A stepping motor with 100 step angles is coupled to a leadscrew through a gear reduction of 9:1 (9 rotations of the motor for each rotation of the leadscrew). The leadscrew has 5 threads/in. The worktable driven by the leadscrew must move a distance = 10.00 in at a feed rate of 30.0 in/min. Determine (a) number of pulses required to move the table, and (b) the required motor speed and pulse rate to achieve the desired table speed.

What are the two basic methods of arc shielding?

Assume the facts in E13-5 except that Matt Broderick Company has chosen not to accrue paid sick leave until used, and has chosen to accrue vacation time at expected future rates of pay without discounting. The company used the following projected rates to accrue vacation time. Year in Which Vacation Projected Future Pay Rates Time Was Earned Used to Accrue Vacation Pay 2013 $10.75 2014 11.60 Instructions (a) Prepare journal entries to record transactions related to compensated absences during 2013 and 2014. (b) Compute the amounts of any liability for compensated absences that should be reported on the balance sheet at December 31, 2013, and 2014.

What is meant by the term “qualitative characteristics of accounting information”?

A product is produced in batches. Batch size = 2000 units. Annual demand = 50,000 units, and unit cost of the product = $4.00. Setup time to run a batch = 2.5 hr, cost of downtime on the affected equipment is figured at $250/hr, and annual holding cost rate = 30%. What would the annual savings be if the product were produced in the economic order quantity?

What factors might call for inventory valuation at sales prices (net realizable value or market price)?

Illustrate the impact on the IS curve of a general increase in interest-rate differentials following a credit market disruption like that experienced during the financial crisis of the late 2000s.

What are unemployment taxes?

Assume that European countries impose a quota on goods imported from the United States and that the United States does not plan to retaliate. How could this affect the value of the euro? Explain. (LO2)

This year, Agustin’s distributive share from Eden Lakes Partnership includes $8,000 of interest income, $4,000 of net long-term capital gains, $2,000 net §1231 gain from the sale of property used in the partnership’s trade or business, and $83,000 of ordinary business income. a. Assume that Agustin materially participates in the partnership. How much of his distributive share from Eden Lakes Partnership is potentially subject to the net investment income tax? b. Assume that Agustin does not materially participate in the partnership. How much of his distributive share from the Eden Lakes partnership is potentially subject to the net investment income tax?

Evaluate grading scheme; professional responsibilities Variance analysis reflects information about actual performance relative to a standard. Variance analysis reports provide managers with information about the performance of employees, from direct labour to supervisors and managers. Grades provide similar information for recruiters who want to hire graduating students. Following is information about Professor Grader’s performance measurement system.   Professor Grader is popular; almost all of his students receive As. This phenomenon is widely attributed to Professor Grader’s superior teaching skills. Grades for this professor’s courses are determined as follows:       A student needs 700 points for an A, 600 points for a B, 500 for a C, and 400 for a D. From the 200 points given for perfect attendance, a student loses 5 points for every class missed (out of 40 class meetings); however, attendance is seldom taken.   If the major assignment paper is 20 pages or longer, 200 points are earned; 10 points are lost for each page less than 20 (thus, a 12-page paper is worth 120 points).   Professor Grader has given the same mid-semester exam for the past 20 years. To reduce the number of exam copies in students’ files, Professor Grader does not return the exams; grades are simply reported to individual students. A student group obtained a copy of the exam 15 years ago. They have chosen not to share the exam with any person not a member of the group; thus Professor Grader usually observes that grades on this exam are nearly normally distributed.   The final exam is a take-home exam that the students have two weeks to complete.   Required (a)     Is it possible to develop a perfect system for measuring student performance in a course? Why? (b)     How much variation is likely in student performance for each of the four graded items? Explain. (c)     Describe the weaknesses in Professor Grader’s grading system as a performance measurement system. (d)     What are Professor Grader’s professional responsibilities to various stakeholders in this situation? (e)     Discuss whether Professor Grader has acted ethically in this situation. Describe the ethical values you use to draw your conclusions. (f)      Is it ethical for students in this situation to access a copy of the prior mid-semester exam or to seek assistance in completing take-home assignments? Does Professor Grader’s system affect the students’ responsibilities? Describe the ethical values you use to draw your conclusions.

Will organisational efforts towards sustainability result in reduced organisational profits?

When considering C corporations, the IRS checks to see whether salaries paid are too large.  In S corporations, however, it usually must verify that salaries are large enough. Account for this difference.

1.    : Should a multinational organization operate as a tightly integrated, worldwide business system, or would it be more effective to let each national subsidiary operate autonomously? Why?