The world price of a pound of almonds is $4.50. before uruguay allowed trade in almonds, the price of a pound of almonds there was $3.00. once uruguay began allowing trade in almonds with other countries, uruguay began a. exporting almonds and the price per pound in uruguay remained at $3.00. b. exporting almonds and the price per pound in uruguay increased to $4.50. c. importing almonds and the price per pound in uruguay remained at $3.00. d. importing almonds and the price per pound in uruguay increased to $4.50.

On january 1, jackson, inc.'s work-process inventory account showed a balance of $ 66,500. during the year, materials requisitioned for use in production amounted to $ 70,500, of which $ 67,700 represented direct materials. factory wages for the period were $ 210,000 of which $ 187,000 were for direct labor. manufacturing overhead is allocated on the basis of 60% of direct labor cost. actual overhead was $ 116,050. jobs costing $ 353,060 were completed during the year. the december 31 balance in work-process inventory is

The following pertains to smoke, inc.’s investment in debt securities: on december 31, year 3, smoke reclassified a security acquired during the year for $70,000. it had a $50,000 fair value when it was reclassified from trading to available-for-sale. an available-for-sale security costing $75,000, written down to $30,000 in year 2 because of an other-than-temporary impairment of fair value, had a $60,000 fair value on december 31, year 3. what is the net effect of the above items on smoke’s net income for the year ended december 31, year 3?

Bond j has a coupon rate of 6 percent and bond k has a coupon rate of 12 percent. both bonds have 14 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a ytm of 9 percent. a. if interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage price change of these bonds?