1) On December 31, 2010, Pacifica, Inc., acquired 100 percent of the voting stock of Seguros Company. Pacifica will maintain Seguros as a wholly owned subsidiary with its own legal and accounting identify. the consideration transferred to the owner of Seguros included 50000 newly issued Pacifica commom shares ($20 market value, $5 par value) and an agreement to pay an additional $130000 cash if Seguros meets certain project completion goals by December 31, 2011. Pacifica estimates a 50 percent probability that Seguros will be successful in meeting these goals and uses a 4 percent discount rate to represent the time value of money.…
Communicators in high-context cultures (such as those in China, Japan, and Arab countries) tend to be logical, analytical, and action oriented.…
The oldest fossils of modern humans, archaic humans, and early hominins have all been found in…
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I enjoyed reading this case study because it is always more interesting to hear first hand reasoning from actual interviews with audit partners, rather than hearing about someone else’s opinion about it. However, sometimes the auditors could be a little bit biased against any new legislation that changes the way they have to conduct an audit. Overall I agreed with their general consensus, that increased partner rotation means greater independence which would increase overall audit quality. However, forced rotation also means that once an audit partner gets to know a specific company very well and is able to perform the audit more efficiently, they are forced to leave which causes the new partner to come in and start from scratch. Another thing I had never really considered with regards to this rule was the fact that audit partners’ personal lives are affected by this new rule. If they are assigned to an engagement in a new city, which seems to be often from what I read in the article, their quality of life and family dynamics are negatively affected (which ultimately can come back and affect work performance, in any occupation.) The demographic data that was presented in this article really opened my eyes and was extremely interesting to see the actual effects of this new law. In the end, as tough as it is to have to relocate their families and their homes, there is no trade off for independence and quality audits. Even though it is sad that it has to affect the partners’ quality of life, it is a sacrifice that I feel they should have to make, as part of a professional work ethic and as part of their duty to the users of financial…
We are using Projecturf for most of our creative projects - print ads, brochures, web sites, etc. PT is mainly used between a project manager & designer -- then once initial creative is fleshed out, it's "shared" with the Creative Director.We do this so email alerts don't clog up the Creative Director's inbox until his input is needed.…
Isn’t it quite amazing to find such talent in our 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan? Not only has he successfully had careers in acting, televising, and governing the state of California, but he has also managed to become a successful president. During his presidency he has managed to up-lift states’ rights around the nation, giving them their own choices in how to spend their grants. By consolidating grants into block grants, he was successfully capable of giving states the chance to do so. While this decision had negative effects, it was also very beneficial to some aspects of the states.…
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1) What are two potential drawbacks of creating separate products and marketing programs for each generation?…
Daisy is The Great Gatsby's most enigmatic, and perhaps most disappointing, character. Although Fitzgerald does much to make her a character worthy of Gatsby's unlimited devotion, in the end she reveals herself for what she really is. Despite her beauty and charm, Daisy is merely a selfish, shallow, and in fact, hurtful, woman. Gatsby loves her (or at least the idea of her) with such vitality and determination that readers would like, in many senses, to see her be worthy of his devotion. Although Fitzgerald carefully builds Daisy's character with associations of light, purity, and innocence, when all is said and done, she is the opposite from what she presents herself to be.…
1-14 : Gina Fox has started her own company, Foxy Shirts, which manufactures imprinted shirts for special occasions. Since she has just begun this operation, she rents the equipment from a local printing shop when necessary. The cost of using the equipment is $350. The materials used in one shirt cost $8, and Gina can sell these for $15 each. (a) If Gina sells 20 shirts, what will her total revenue be? What will her total variable cost be? (b) How many shirts must Gina sell to break even? What is the total revenue for this? 1-15 : Ray Bond sells handcrafted yard decorations at county fairs. The variable cost to make these is $20 each, and he sells them for $50. The cost to rent a booth at the fair is $150. How many of these must Ray sell to break even? 1-16 : Ray Bond, from Problem 1-15, is trying to find a new supplier that will reduce his variable cost of production to $15 per unit. If he was able to succeed in reducing this cost, what would the break-even point be? 1-17 : Katherine D’Ann is planning to finance her college education by selling programs at the football games for State University. There is a fixed cost of $400 for printing these programs, and the variable cost is $3. There is also a $1,000 fee that is paid to the university for the right to sell these programs. IF Katherine was able to sell programs for $5 each, how many would she have to sell in order to break even? 1-18 : Katherine D’Ann, from Problem 1-17, has become concerned that sales may fall, as the team is on a terrible losing streak, and attendance has fallen off. In fact, Katherine believes that she will sell only 500 programs for the next game. If it was possible to raise the selling price of the program and still sell 500, what would the price have to be for Katherine to break even by selling 500? 1-19 : Farris Billiard Supply sells all types of billiard equipment, and is considering manufacturing their own brand of pool cues. Mysti Farris, the production…
Life has been a bit busier and slightly more challenging since starting online college. Firstly, I wake up every morning at around 7:30am and immediately let my puppy out from her kennel and take her downstairs to then go potty outside. While she’s outside doing her potty duties, I begin to fix a drink and take my vitamins before going back outside to take care of more puppy duties. Afterwards, I fix breakfast and eat whatever I choose to eat for that day. Most of the time it’s either toaster strudels or chocolate chip waffles that I decide to cook in the toaster oven. Once I finish eating, then the puppy and I go back upstairs and I put her in the kennel while I get a shower and ready for the day ahead. Which is a process in itself, from taking the actual shower to fixing my hair, brushing my…
College? Is something I think about everyday. Where do I want to go? How do I get started. By taking the next step in furthering my education, I've come to a decision. For the past year, I have been interested in attending Florida Southern College. It's the school I want to attend. I have been thinking about college since I was in middle school and thinking about what I want to pursue as my career. Let's face it, I love animals more than I love people. I have always enjoyed the presence of animals because they have a way of cheering me up. When I see them hurt I always want to help. My love and affection for animals became more prevalent since I've found my first animal. There was this one cat that impacted my life forever. When I was little, we…
1. Milo owns an art gallery and he telephoned four of his best customers, Olivia,…
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is recognized as the final stage of a viral infection caused by Human Immune-deficiency Virus (HIV); therefore AIDS is indicative of an underlying cellular immune deficiency (Birchall & Murphy, 1992). It was first detected among homosexuals and drug users in the USA in 1981. Since then the disease has now spread to all the corners of the world. Two strains of HIV are recognized by medical experts: HIV -1 (discovered in 1983) and HIV-2 (discovered in 1986). HIV-1 is generally accepted as the cause of most AIDS cases throughout the world while HIV-2 was first discovered in West Africa and later in some Portuguese colonies and Europe and account for the infection in West Africa. Three modes of transmission are generally identified: sexual, blood contact and mother-to-child. Sexual transmission could arise from heterosexual (man-to-woman or woman-to-man) and homosexual (man-to-man) relationships. Consequently having unprotected sex (vaginal, anal or oral) with an infected person could result in exchange of body fluids. Concurrent multiple sex partners, low level male circumcision and inconsistent and incorrect condom use have been identified as the predominant risk factors that have made escalation of HIV infections in Africa difficult to stem (SAD C, 2006; Halperin & Epstein, 2007)…