A company has bonds outstanding with a par value of $170,000. The unamortized premium on these bonds is $4,505. If the company retired these bonds at a call price of $166,600, the gain or loss on this retirement is:

On july 2, year 4, wynn, inc., purchased as a short-term investment a $1 million face-value kean co. 8% bond for $910,000 plus accrued interest to yield 10%. the bonds mature on january 1, year 11, and pay interest annually on january 1. on december 31, year 4, the bonds had a fair value of $945,000. on february 13, year 5, wynn sold the bonds for $920,000. in its december 31, year 4, balance sheet, what amount should wynn report for the bond if it is classified as an available-for-sale security?

"in the electricity industry, low average total costs are obtained only through large-scale production. in other words, the initial cost of setting up all the necessary wiring makes it risky and, most likely, unprofitable for competitors to enter the market. throughout much of the 20th century, many people viewed south africa’s de beers group as a monopoly because it controlled a large percentage of diamond production and sales. patents are granted to inventors of a product or process for a certain number of years. the reason for this is to encourage innovation in the economy. without the existence of patents, it is argued, research and development for improved electronics is unlikely to take place, since there’s nothing preventing another firm from stealing the idea, copying the product, and producing it without incurring the devel opment costs."which of the following best explains the barriers to entry that exist in this scenario? increasing returns to scale legal barriers exclusive ownership of a necessary resource

Copan italia is a distributor of laboratory products and manufacturer of laboratory commodities, including transfer pipettes and flexible hematology cups used on a variety of automatic instruments to count blood corpuscle elements. copan's says that the company's business is to continually work to improve the quality of the collection and preservation of the microbiological sample in the "pre-analytical phase," as the demand for better protection of the specimen is growing day by day.