Exercise 14-12 on january 2, 2012, metlock corporation issued $1,250,000 of 10% bonds at 97 due december 31, 2021. interest on the bonds is payable annually each december 31. the discount on the bonds is also being amortized on a straight-line basis over the 10 years. (straight-line is not materially different in effect from the preferable "interest method".) the bonds are callable at 102 (i. e., at 102% of face amount), and on january 2, 2017, metlock called $750,000 face amount of the bonds and redeemed them. ignoring income taxes, compute the amount of loss, if any, to be recognized by metlock as a result of retiring the $750,000 of bonds in 2017. (round answer to 0 decimal places, e. g. 38,548.)

"in my opinion, we ought to stop making our own drums and accept that outside supplier's offer," said wim niewindt, managing director of antilles refining, n.v., of aruba. "at a price of $21 per drum, we would be paying $4.70 less than it costs us to manufacture the drums in our own plant. since we use 70,000 drums a year, that would be an annual cost savings of $329,000." antilles refining's current cost to manufacture one drum is given below (based on 70,000 drums per year):

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

Suggested retail price of $13,760, destination charge of $475, equipped with ac, cruise control, and a custom sound system for $800, $235, and $510, respectively. the sticker price for a vehicle with the these features and costs is