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] In constructing a keyword search, what should the keyword search include?

If we were trying to get a ‘true’ measure of national production, which of the following activities would you include: (a) washing-up; (b) planting flowers in the garden; (c) playing an educational game with children in the family; (d) playing any game with children in the family; (e) cooking your own supper; (f) cooking the supper for the whole family; (g) reading a novel for pleasure; (h) reading a textbook as part of studying; (i) studying holiday brochures?       Is there a measurement problem if you get pleasure from the do-it-yourself activity itself as well as from its outcome?

In a tensile test on a metal specimen, true strain = 0.08 at a stress = 265 MPa. When true stress = 325 MPa, true strain = 0.27. Determine the strength coefficient and the strain-hardening exponent in the flow curve equation.

Keeton Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its 600 employees. The company’s actuary provided the following information about the plan. January 1, December 31, 2014 2014 2015 Projected benefi t obligation $2,800,000 $3,650,000 $4,195,000 Accumulated benefi t obligation 1,900,000 2,430,000 2,900,000 Plan assets (fair value and market-related asset value) 1,700,000 2,900,000 3,790,000 Accumulated net (gain) or loss (for purposes of the corridor calculation) –0– 198,000 (24,000) Discount rate (current settlement rate) 9% 8% Actual and expected asset return rate 10% 10% Contributions 1,030,000 600,000 The average remaining service life per employee is 10.5 years. The service cost component of net periodic pension expense for employee services rendered amounted to $400,000 in 2014 and $475,000 in 2015. The accumulated OCI (PSC) on January 1, 2014, was $1,260,000. No benefits have been paid. Instructions (Round to the nearest dollar.) (a) Compute the amount of accumulated OCI (PSC) to be amortized as a component of net periodic pension expense for each of the years 2014 and 2015. (b) Prepare a schedule which reflects the amount of accumulated OCI (G/L) to be amortized as a component of pension expense for 2014 and 2015. (c) Determine the total amount of pension expense to be recognized by Keeton Company in 2014 and 2015.

Why should the electromechanical system rather than the controller storage register be the limiting factor in control resolution?

How do the properties of polymers compare with those of metals?

Jimmy Carter Company has provided information on intangible assets as follows. A patent was purchased from Gerald Ford Company for $2,000,000 on January 1, 2013. Carter estimated the remaining useful life of the patent to be 10 years. The patent was carried in Ford’s accounting records at a net book value of $2,000,000 when Ford sold it to Carter. During 2014, a franchise was purchased from Ronald Reagan Company for $480,000. In addition, 5%, of revenue from the franchise must be paid to Reagan. Revenue from the franchise for 2014 was $2,500,000. Carter estimates the useful life of the franchise to be 10 years and takes a full year’s amortization in the year of purchase. Carter incurred research and development costs in 2014 as follows. Materials and equipment $142,000 Personnel 189,000 Indirect costs 102,000 $433,000 Carter estimates that these costs will be recouped by December 31, 2017. The materials and equipment purchased have no alternative uses. On January 1, 2014, because of recent events in the field, Carter estimates that the remaining life of the patent purchased on January 1, 2013, is only 5 years from January 1, 2014. Instructions (a) Prepare a schedule showing the intangibles section of Carter’s balance sheet at December 31, 2014.Show supporting computations in good form. (b) Prepare a schedule showing the income statement effect (related to expenses) for the year endedDecember 31, 2014, as a result of the facts above. Show supporting computations in good form.

Bienvenu Enterprises reported cost of goods sold for 2014 of $1,400,000 and retained earnings of $5,200,000 at December 31, 2014. Bienvenu later discovered that its ending inventories at December 31, 2013 and 2014, were overstated by $110,000 and $35,000, respectively. Determine the corrected amounts for 2014 cost of goods sold and December 31, 2014, retained earnings

Describe the open-market operations necessary to sterilise the monetary effects of a balance of payments surplus. Would this in turn have any effect on the current or financial accounts of the balance of payments?

What is a rivet?

: Think about the highly publicized safety grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX jetliner. One observer said that the goal of profit had taken precedence over the goal of safety within the company. Do you think managers can succeed at both profit and safety simultaneously? DOrganizational effectiveness is the degree to which the organization achieves a stated goal or succeeds in accomplishing what it tries to do. Organizational efficiency refers to the amount of resources used to achieve an organizational goal. It is based on how much raw materials, money, and people are necessary for producing a given volume of output. The ultimate responsibility of managers is to achieve high performance, which is the organization’s ability to attain its goals by using resources in an efficient and effective manner. Although efficiency and effectiveness are both important for performance, most people would probably say that effectiveness is the more important concept. The reason is that internal efficiency has no value if it does not enable the organization to achieve its goals and respond to the external environment. On the other hand, an organization that is effective does achieve its goals, by definition. One of these goals should involve continuously increasing efficiency. Managers can and should improve both efficiency and effectiveness simultaneously. As noted above, one of any organization’s primary goals should be to continuously improve efficiency. To the extent that the organization increases its success in achieving this goal, along with others, its effectiveness also improves.

What would happen to the TR curve if the market price rose to £10? Try drawing it.

Oregon Inc. $10 par common stock is selling for $110 per share. Four million shares are currently issued and outstanding. The board of directors wishes to stimulate interest in Oregon common stock before a forthcoming stock issue but does not wish to distribute capital at this time. The board also believes that too many adjustments to the stockholders’ equity section, especially retained earnings, might discourage potential investors. The board has considered three options for stimulating interest in the stock: 1. A 20% stock dividend. 2. A 100% stock dividend. 3. A 2-for-1 stock split. Instructions Acting as financial advisor to the board, you have been asked to report briefly on each option and, considering the board’s wishes, make a recommendation. Discuss the effects of each of the foregoing options.

If the general objective of our tax system is to raise revenue, why does the income tax allow deductions for charitable contributions and retirement plan contributions?

This year Randy paid $28,000 of interest (Randy borrowed $450,000 to buy his residence, and it is currently worth $500,000). Randy also paid $2,500 of interest on his car loan and $4,200 of margin interest to his stockbroker (investment interest expense). How much of this interest expense can Randy deduct as an itemized deduction under the following circumstances?

Mary Tokar is comparing a GAAP-based company to a company that uses IFRS. Both companies report equity investments. The IFRS company reports unrealized losses on these investments under the heading “Reserves” in its equity section. However, Mary can find no similar heading in the GAAP-based company financial statements. Can Mary conclude that the GAAP-based company has no unrealized gains or losses on its non-trading equity investments? Explain

Assume that just some of the members of a common market like the EU adopt full economic and monetary union, including a common currency. What are the advantages and disadvantages to those members joining the full EMU and to those not?

Will a general item of expenditure such as food or clothing have a price-elastic or inelastic demand? (Consider both the determinants we have considered so far.)

Lauren is 17 years old.  She reports earned income of $3,000 and unearned income of $6,200.  Is it likely that she is subject to the kiddie tax?  Explain.

What is the purpose of a statement of cash flows? How does it differ from a balance sheet and an income statement?

Suppose you asked your favorite AI query tool “How long is the carryover period for NOLs incurred in 2024?” and the AI tool responded as follows:   The carryover period for a net operating loss (NOL) incurred in 2024 would typically be up to 20 years. This means that the corporation or individual with the NOL can carry the loss forward and use it to offset taxable income in future tax years for up to 20 years from the year in which the NOL was generated.   Is the AI answer to the question correct?  Explain.

Why should the economic, environmental and cultural dimensions be managed in unison?

On January 2, 2014, Parton Company issues a 5-year, $10,000,000 note at LIBOR, with interest paid annually. The variable rate is reset at the end of each year. The LIBOR rate for the first year is 5.8%. Parton Company decides it prefers fixed-rate financing and wants to lock in a rate of 6%. As a result, Parton enters into an interest rate swap to pay 6% fixed and receive LIBOR based on $10 million. The variable rate is reset to 6.6% on January 2, 2015. Instructions (a) Compute the net interest expense to be reported for this note and related swap transactions as of December 31, 2014. (b) Compute the net interest expense to be reported for this note and related swap transactions as of December 31, 2015.

Mark received 10 ISOs at the time he started working for Hendricks Corporation five years ago, when Hendricks’s price was $5 per share (each option gives him the right to purchase 10 shares of Hendricks Corporation stock for $5 per share). Now that Hendricks’s share price is $35 per share, Mark intends to exercise all of his options and hold all of his shares for more than one year. Assume that more than a year after exercise, Mark sells the stock for $35 a share. What are Mark’s tax consequences on the grant date, the exercise date, and the date he sells the shares, assuming his ordinary marginal rate is 32 percent and his long-term capital gains rate is 15 percent?

How does a shaping process differ from a surface processing operation?