General Mills is a 90-year-old food and beverage company with more than 100 brands in more than 100 countries. General Mills manufactures well-known food and beverage brands such as Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, Yoplait, Progresso, and Old El Paso. The company recently expanded its portfolio of brands with the purchase of Blue Buffalo pet food. General Mills might best be known for its presence in the cereal aisle at your local grocery store. General Mills manufactures 11 well-known cereal brands including Chex, Cheerios, Total, Wheaties, and Cascadian Farm. Each of these brands has multiple varieties. The addition of Blue Buffalo pet food to General Mills’ portfolio of brands represents .

a. repositioning
b. an increase to the product mix width
c. a product modification
d. a product line extension

Which of the following is not a potential problem with beta and its estimation? sometimes, during a period when the company is undergoing a change such as toward more leverage or riskier assets, the calculated beta will be drastically different than the "true" or "expected future" beta. the beta of "the market," can change over time, sometimes drastically.

Paar corporation bought 100 percent of kimmel, inc., on january 1, 2012. on that date, paar’s equipment (10-year life) has a book value of $420,000 but a fair value of $520,000. kimmel has equipment (10-year life) with a book value of $272,000 but a fair value of $400,000. paar uses the equity method to record its investment in kimmel. on december 31, 2014, paar has equipment with a book value of $294,000 but a fair value of $445,200. kimmel has equipment with a book value of $190,400 but a fair value of $357,000. the consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 is $574,000. what would be the impact on consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 if the parent had applied the initial value method rather than the equity method? the balance in the consolidated equipment account cannot be determined for the initial value method using the information given. the consolidated equipment account would have a higher reported balance. the consolidated equipment account would have a lower reported balance. no effect: the method the parent uses is for internal reporting purposes only and has no impact on consolidated totals.

Consider an economy where government expenditures are 10 and total tax revenues are 10. the supply of labor is fixed at 125 and the supply of capital is fixed at 8. the economy is described by the following equations. y k to the power of 1 divided by 3 end exponent l to the power of 2 divided by 3 end exponent c 2.5 + 0.75 ( y - t ) i 10 - 0.5 r the level of private savings is