P Company acquired 54,000 shares of the common stock of S Company on January 1, 2016, for $950,000 cash. The stockholders' equity section of S Company's balance sheet on that date was as follows: Common stock, $10 par value $ 600,000 Other contributed capital 80,000 Retained earnings 320,000 Total $1,000,000 On the date of acquisition, S Company owed P Company $10,000 on open account. Present, in general journal form, the elimination entries for the preparation of a consolidated balance sheet workpaper on January 1, 2016. The difference between the value implied by the purchase price of the investment and the book value of the net assets acquired relates to subsidiary land.

Steele bicycle manufacturing company currently produces the handlebars used in manufacturing its bicycles, which are high-quality racing bikes with limited sales. steele produces and sells only 10,000 bikes each year. due to the low volume of activity, steele is unable to obtain the economies of scale that larger producers achieve. for example, steele could buy the handlebars for $31 each: they cost $34 each to make. the following is a detailed breakdown of current production costs: after seeing these figures, steele's president remarked that it would be foolish for the company to continue to produce the handlebars at $34 each when it can buy them for $31 each. calculate the total relevant cost. do you agree with the president's conclusion?

If a team of three workers, each making the u. s. federal minimum wage, produced these 12 rugs, what would the total labor cost be? don't forget that these workers would be working overtime.

There are three factors that can affect the shape of the treasury yield curve (r* t , ip t , and mrp t ) and five factors that can affect the shape of the corporate yield curve (r* t , ip t , mrp t , drp t , and lp t ). the yield curve reflects the aggregation of the impacts from these factors. suppose the real risk-free rate and inflation rate are expected to remain at their current levels throughout the foreseeable future. consider all factors that affect the yield curve. then identify which of the following shapes that the us treasury yield curve can take. check all that apply. a. downward-sloping yield curveb. upward-sloping yield curvec. inverted yield curve