Ayayai Inc. owns shares of Pina Corporation stock. At December 31, 2017, the securities were carried in Ayayai’s accounting records at their cost of $789,000, which equals their fair value. On September 21, 2018, when the fair value of the securities was $993,000, Ayayai declared a property dividend whereby the Pina securities are to be distributed on October 23, 2018, to stockholders of record on October 8, 2018. Prepare all journal entries necessary on those three dates. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
Sep. 21Oct. 8Oct. 23
(To record gain or loss)
(To record property dividend)
Sep. 21Oct. 8Oct. 23 Sep. 21Oct. 8Oct. 23

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Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?

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