On the subject of discount rate‚ AT&T uses a discount rate of 5.00% as of December 31‚ 2013. It is the rate used in order to estimate the targeted benefit obligations that must be paid among “participants.” The discount rate used by AT&T is based on some aspects‚ such as a “yield curve” of rates of return of high quality corporate bonds. In fact‚ as of December 31‚ 2013 the discount rate of 5.00% has actually been applied with a .70% increase. This resulted to a decrease on the pension plan benefit
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Nike Nike was founded in 1964 by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. They started to design shoes that were lighter‚ better padded‚ and featured waffle like patterns in their rubber sole. At first not much commercial success. After that they started importing low cost‚ high quality running shoes out of Asian countries. A deal was made with Onitsuka to import these hoes to the US‚ there were sold under the brand name ‘Blue Ribbon Shoes’ (BRS). Their initial shipment were only 200 shoes. By 1964 BRS
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Gannett did a fabulous market research and discovered the crevice‚ which existed in the US market of daily papers and news conveyance. The critical effects was that the business class news plus the hard news was conveyed yet the news which related to the different other occurrence was not dealt with. The clients likewise needed a news where there will be games and different areas identified with lifestyle. They required news which might be well composed in a minimized arrangement however educational
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72. Facts: Recently Latrell purchased a free roundtrip ticket to Milan‚ Italy with a value of $1‚200. The ticket was purchases with Latrell’s frequent flyer miles generated from business travels as a CPA. Those previous business trips were paid by Latrell’s employer and he was not taxed on the travel reimbursement. Issue: How much income‚ if any‚ does Latrell have to recognize as a result of purchasing an airline ticket with frequent flyer miles earned from business travel? Authorities:
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Arnold‚ our 48-year-old Hispanic male patient‚ has shown some improvement in his fasting blood glucose (FBG) level and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level with metformin monotherapy. However‚ we would like to see his FBG at less than 110 mg/dl and his HbA1c at less than 7%. Due to this patient’s desire to only take a single medication and his refusal to alter his lifestyle‚ we have decided to start Arnold on Xigduo XR (dapagliflozin/metformin) 10mg/2000mg once daily‚ taken in the morning with food. It
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Biopure’s two products‚ Hemopure for human use‚ and Oxyglobin for animal veterinary use‚ both represented a new blood substitute based treatment for managing patients’ oxygen requirements in a broad range of potential medical applications. The main issue that is plaguing Biopure is how the possible launch of Oxyglobin will affect the future launch and pricing strategies of Hemopure‚ which could provide a larger return for their investment. Biopure’s strength lies in their ability to market its
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Part A (a) The present value of all future cash flows is a factor in the calculation of Value-in-Use (AASB 136 (30)). The Telstra Ltd management makes assumptions that future operating performance (or cash flow) of the asset can be appropriately predicted based on historical performances and expected future performances (Telstra‚ p94). This complies with AASB 136 (33)‚ (34) and (35). Future net cash flows have to be discount back to present value (AASB 136 (56)). The assumption that Telstra has
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1) Issue: If the termination of the lease is not correct‚ then who would be liable for the cost of rebuilding the structure? Rule: The owner selling of the leased premises to a third party does not terminate the lease. Analysis: Many leases for commercial structures require the tenant to rebuild the structure if it was destroyed out of the control of the landlord. The destruction was caused by a flood which is out of the control of a landlord. Conclusion: Burgertown would be held liable for the
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Chapter 19. 10. Distributing automobile A would trigger a taxable gain of $7‚000 for Crimson‚ whiledistributing C produces a nondeductible loss of $5‚000. To preserve the loss on C and avoid recognizing a gain on A‚ Crimson should consider selling C and then distributing cash to the second shareholder. Crimson should also distribute automobile B because there will be no gain on distribution and no nondeductible loss.10. 14. a. The determination of the reasonableness of compensation paid
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HubSpot Should HubSpot expand its promotional tools to include more traditional ‘interruption’ type communications? I do not believe HubSpot should pursue a more traditional type of communication. I believe doing so would undermine its brand and credibility in the marketplace. Moreover‚ adopting a more traditional‚ outbound marketing communications strategy would seem the wrong move for a company that hasn’t even properly targeted its customer base. Whom would they target with an outbound campaign
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