What have been the major factors contributing to growth in the global financial markets?
a. the euro has had a notable impact on the global financial system by being an important currency for international transactions.
b. deregulation of foreign capital markets has allowed many new investors to participate in international investing.
c. both a and b are correct
d. nither a nor b is correct

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

Exercise 8-6 goods in transit [lo8-2] the kwok company's inventory balance on december 31, 2016, was $190,000 (based on a 12/31/16 physical count) before considering the following transactions: 1. goods shipped to kwok f. o.b. destination on december 20, 2016, were received on january 4, 2017. the invoice cost was $35,000. 2. goods shipped to kwok f. o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received on january 5, 2017. the invoice cost was $22,000. 3. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f. o.b. destination on december 27, 2016, were received by the customer on january 3, 2017. the sales price was $45,000 and the merchandise cost $27,000. 4. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f. o.b. destination on december 26, 2016, were received by the customer on december 30, 2016. the sales price was $25,000 and the merchandise cost $18,000. 5. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f. o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received by the customer on january 4, 2017. the sales price was $30,000 and the merchandise cost $17,000. required: determine the correct inventory amount to be reported in kwok's 2016 balance sheet.

Universal containers(us) has an integration with its accounting system that creates tens of thousands of orders inside salesforce in a nightly batch. us wants to add automation that can attempt to match leads and contacts to these orders using the email address field on the insert. us is concerned about the performance of the automation with a large data volume. which tool should uc use to automate this process?