revenue in full upon the initiation of the contract rather than over the term of the contract. This resulted to a misstatement of revenue since they are not recorded in the period they were earned. SWAP DEALS. According to APB No. 29‚ exchanges of nonmonetary assets are to be recorded at historical carryover basis. This means that exchanges should not be recognized as revenue. Global Crossing recorded a $100 million sale of capacity to Qwest Commercial Communications Inc. It was recorded as cash revenue
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1. Which of the following statements is true about hedge accounting under U.S. GAAP? a. If a derivative qualifies as a cash flow hedge‚ a company may choose to account for it as a fair value hedge. 2. When a currency is allowed to increase or decrease in value relative to other currencies‚ the currency is said to: a. Float 3. What has occurred when one company purchases the right to buy a foreign currency some time in the future at an exchange rate quoted today? a. the company has acquired
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Topic 2 Explain why comparing the G.D.P. of various nations might not tell you which nation is better off. Use information from the World Bank website to support your answers. In your explanation refer to the limitations of using G.D.P. as a measure of economic welfare and where possible‚ refer to the countries in your table above. Due to the very complex methods used in estimating gross domestic product and the sheer enormity of the task‚ gross domestic product is very necessarily a less than
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Leadership and Improving Employee Relations Patricia Solano MGT 210 December 11‚ 2011 Keith Jacobs Leadership and Improving Employee Relations In Chapter 15 of Supervision: Key Link to Productivity‚ there is a survey to determine what type of leader a person is (Rue & Byars‚ 2004). I took that survey and I scored 68 in leadership and 32 supervisory. What this means is the person who is a leader tends to get things done with motivation and guidance to get the best possible
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determining its operational lending policy. However GNI per capita does not completely summarize a country’s level of development or measure welfare‚ it has proved to be a useful and easily available indicator that is closely correlated with other‚ nonmonetary measures of the quality of life‚ such as life expectancy at birth‚ mortality rates of children‚ and enrollment rates in school. But there are some limitations associated with the use of GNI. For instance‚ GNI may be underestimated in lower-income
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Effectiveness of Reward Programs on Employee Retention Organizations are intent on keeping the right people in the right position. When quality employees are obtained‚ it is important to retain them long term without loss to another agency‚ especially a competitor. Even in today’s environment of high unemployment and sluggish economy‚ attracting and retaining talented employees is a top human resource concern. The cost of employee turnover is significant in the business world. Unless an employee
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economic consequence. Managerial economics is an integral‚ relevant part of business management processes that involves cost‚ revenues and profits‚ considering not only the monetary costs‚ but nonmonetary costs as well – monetary‚ in terms of cash flow in and out and any excess revenue over costs or profit; nonmonetary‚ in terms of benefit for the consumer – whether its affect psychically is good or bad causing utility or disutility of the product. “Costs can be classified by behavior. Managers who understand
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MARKETING AND FINANCE INTEGRATION Marketing and finance departments in a company are generally at odds with each other due to their opposing orientations. But their qualities‚ when integrated‚ can be productive and greatly enhance value of the corporation. Financial input in marketing can create shareholder value and demonstrate how to achieve the required integration of the finance function with marketing for the successful modern business. The functions of these departments are as follows.
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service balance‚ net income and current transfers. Merchandise trade balance is the difference between export and import of physical goods. It covers general merchandise‚ goods for processing‚ repairs on goods‚ goods procured in ports by carriers and nonmonetary good. Thus‚ it also referred to as visible goods. The formula for merchandise trade balance is as follows: If the value of a country’s merchandise exports are greater than the merchandise imports‚ it is said that a trade surplus has occurred
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2012)‚ keep in mind the business. The key processes all occur in every business functional areas. The main point of any business about a business disruption is the financial impacts and operational impacts. The operational impacts will address the nonmonetary impacts which will include technology‚ processes and people while the financial impacts will specifically focus on the monetary impacts and look at how the
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