Katerina owned property in miami right on the beach that she leased to scotty. scotty used the property for business purposes, which was allowed under the lease. three months into the lease, scotty transferred his lease to a sports agent company for $5,000, which became the new tenant under the lease. katerina became upset with scotty's transferring of the lease because she thought that since she leased the property to scotty, he should not be allowed to let anyone else lease the property. furthermore, she had a strong aversion to sports agents after watching the movie jerry maguire, and she did not want any money-grubbing sports agents working on her property. subsequently, katerina wonders whether there is any way she can limit the ability of scotty to transfer the lease. walk through the different types of transferring of rights and duties. what type of transfer of rights or duties is described in this case? what is the role of the relevant parties in the case? katerina clearly does not like the transfer of the lease. are there any factors that could limit the transfer of these rights or duties?

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u.s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u.s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u.s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

Amethod of allocating merchandise cost that assumes the first merchandise bought was the first merchandise sold is called the a. last-in, first-out method. b. first-in, first-out method. c. specific identification method. d. average cost method.

On december 31, 2013, coronado company issues 173,000 stock-appreciation rights to its officers entitling them to receive cash for the difference between the market price of its stock and a pre-established price of $10. the fair value of the sars is estimated to be $5 per sar on december 31, 2014; $2 on december 31, 2015; $10 on december 31, 2016; and $8 on december 31, 2017. the service period is 4 years, and the exercise period is 7 years. prepare a schedule that shows the amount of compensation expense allocable to each year affected by the stock-appreciation rights plan.