16) Warranties, money-back guarantees, extensive usage instructions, demonstrations, and free samples are all ways in which companies attempt to new product adoption. A) accelerate satisfaction with B) stabilize at maturity any C) minimize growth in competition during D) overcome barriers to E) prevent the precipitous decline of

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Consider a treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: security a: e(r) = .15; variance = .0400 security b: e(r) = .10; variance = .0225 security c: e(r) = .12; variance = .1000 security d: e(r) = .13; variance = .0625 the investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. the security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best cal would be a. security a b. security b c. security c d. security d

An electronics store is running a promotion where for every video game purchased, the customer receives a coupon upon checkout to purchase a second game at a 50% discount. the coupons expire in one year. the store normally recognized a gross profit margin of 40% of the selling price on video games. how would the store account for a purchase using the discount coupon?