Pine Corp. acquired a patent in a business combination on January 1, 2020 and allocated $500,000 of the purchase price to that asset. Pine began amortizing the patent over a 5-year estimated useful life (straight-line, no salvage value). At year end, it estimated that the future cash flows that will be produced by the asset would be $90,000 in each of the next four years. Pine believes that an 8% discount rate is appropriate to estimate the present value (fair value) of these cash flows. What impairment loss (if any) should Pine recognize in 2020

Atax on the sellers of coffee will a. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. b. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the e ffective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee. c. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. d. increa se the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee.

In order to be thoughtful about the implementation of security policies and controls, leaders must balance the need to reduce with the impact to the business operations. doing so could mean phasing security controls in over time or be as simple as aligning security implementation with the business’s training events.

All of the following led to the collapse of the soviet economy except a. a lack of worker incentives. c. inadequate supply of consumer goods. b. a reliance on production quotas. d. the introduction of a market economy.