On November 1, 2001 Zamfir Company, a U. S. corporation, purchased minerals from a Russian company for 2,000,000 rubles, payable in 3 months. The relevant exchange rates between the U. S. and Russian currencies are given: Spot rate Forward rate (at February 1, 20x2) November 1, 20x1 $0.348 $0.348 December 31, 20x1 0.359 $0.352 February 1, 20x2 0.344 The company's incremental borrowing rate provides a discount rate of 0.975 for three months. Assume that on November 1, 2001 Zamfir Company enters a forward contract to buy 2,000,000 rubles on February 1, 2002. What is the fair value of the forward contract on December 31, 2001

What are the main advantages and disadvantages of organizing a firm as a c corporation? the advantages are: (select all the choices that apply.) a. there is no limit on the number of owners a c corporation may have, thus allowing the corporation to raise substantial amounts of capital. b. the life of the business can continue beyond the death of any of the owners. c. the corporation can use the assets of the owners to pay for corporate liabilities. this attracts smaller investors to the corporation. d. the liability of the owners is limited to the amount of their investment in the firm. the disadvantages are: (select all the choices that apply.) a. income to a c corporation is subject to double taxation, once at the corporate level and again when received by the owners in the form of a dividend. b. the life of the business usually ends with the death of any of the owners. c. the c corporation is more complicated and more expensive to set up than other business entities. d. corporate liabilities can be passed on to the share

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Martha entered into a contract with terry, an art dealer. according to the contract, terry was to supply 18 th century artifacts to martha for the play she was directing, and martha was ready to pay $50,000 for this. another director needed the same artifacts and was ready to pay $60,000. terry decided not to sell the artifacts to martha. in this case, the court may order terry to: