Match the customer segmentation strategies to their related scenarios

Paar corporation bought 100 percent of kimmel, inc., on january 1, 2012. on that date, paar’s equipment (10-year life) has a book value of $420,000 but a fair value of $520,000. kimmel has equipment (10-year life) with a book value of $272,000 but a fair value of $400,000. paar uses the equity method to record its investment in kimmel. on december 31, 2014, paar has equipment with a book value of $294,000 but a fair value of $445,200. kimmel has equipment with a book value of $190,400 but a fair value of $357,000. the consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 is $574,000. what would be the impact on consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 if the parent had applied the initial value method rather than the equity method? the balance in the consolidated equipment account cannot be determined for the initial value method using the information given. the consolidated equipment account would have a higher reported balance. the consolidated equipment account would have a lower reported balance. no effect: the method the parent uses is for internal reporting purposes only and has no impact on consolidated totals.

When cell phones were first entering the market, they were relatively large and reception was undependable. all cell phones were essentially the same. but as the technology developed, many competitors entered, introducing features unique to their phones. today, cell phones are only a small fraction of the size and weight of their predecessors. consumers can buy cell phones with color screens, cameras, internet access, daily planners, or voice activation (and any combination of these features). the history of the cell phone demonstrates what marketing trend?

Determining effects of stock splits oracle corp has had the following stock splits since its inception. effective date split amount october 12, 2000 2 for 1 january 18, 2000 2 for 1 february 26, 1999 3 for 2 august 15, 1997 3 for 2 april 16, 1996 3 for 2 february 22, 1995 3 for 2 november 8, 1993 2 for 1 june 16,1989 2 for 1 december 21, 1987 2 for 1 march 9, 1987 2 for 1 a. if the par value of oracle shares was originally $2, what would oracle corp. report as par value per share on its 2015 balance sheet? compute the revised par value after each stock split. round answers to three decimal places.