Away Travel filed suit against West Coast Travel seeking damages for copyright violations. West Coast Travel's legal counsel believes it is reasonably possible that West Coast Travel will settle the lawsuit for an estimated amount in the range of $100,000 to $200,000, with all amounts in the range considered equally likely. How should West Coast Travel report this litigation? a. As a liability for $100.000 with disclosure of the range. b. As a liability for $150.000 with disclosure of the range. c. As a liability for $200.000 with disclosure of the range d. As a disclosure only. No liability is reported.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Personal financial planning is the process of creating and achieving financial goals? true or false

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.