At December 31, Hardball Company has ending inventory with a historical cost of $316,000 and the company uses the perpetual inventory system. The current replacement cost of the inventory is $306,500 with a net realizable value is $325,000. The normal profit on this inventory is $25,000. Before any adjustments at the end of the period, the cost of goods sold account has a balance of $450,000. Which of the following journal entries is required on December 31 to adjust the ending balance of inventory if the direct method is used to record the lower of cost or market write down? a. Cost of Goods Sold $9,000 $9,000
Inventory
b. Inventory Cost of Goods Sold $9,000 $9,000
c. Cost of Goods Sold $9,500 $9,500 Inventory
d. Loss on inventory write down Inventory $9,500 $9,500

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)

Brandt enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the cfo set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most likely scenarios. the firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. how much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?

Which of the following describes one of the ways that the demographics of an area affect the price of housing in that area? a. when more people have children, their incomes tend to be higher and the housing prices are also higher. b. older people are more likely to stay in their houses, creating a seller's market that keeps prices low. c. an area with a lower population density won't have enough construction workers to build new houses quickly. d. an area with younger people will have a higher demand for rentals and a lower demand for buying.