Audio-Technica’s ATH-M50 studio headset lost market share when Bose introduced a new headset that matched the ATH-M50’s features. Although the cost to produce the headset had dramatically declined over the last two years, Audio-Technica was soon rolling out the ATH-M50x version, and the marketing team decided it was time to lower the price on the ATH-50. What strategy should the marketing team use with this product in the maturity stage of the product life cycle process?

Conner enterprises issued $120,000 of 10%, 5-year bonds with interest payable semi annually. determine the issue price of the bonds are priced to yield (a) 10%, (b) 8%, and (c) 12%. use financial calculator or excel to calculate answers. round answers to the nearest whole number.

Sodas in a can are supposed to contain an average of 12 ounces. this particular brand has a standard deviation of 0.1 ounces, with an average of 12.1 ounces. if the can's contents follow a normal distribution, what is the probability that the mean contents of a six pack are less than 12 ounces?

Chance company had two operating divisions, one manufacturing farm equipment and the other office supplies. both divisions are considered separate components as defined by generally accepted accounting principles. the farm equipment component had been unprofitable, and on september 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to sell the assets of the division. the actual sale was completed on december 15, 2018, at a price of $600,000. the book value of the division’s assets was $1,000,000, resulting in a before-tax loss of $400,000 on the sale. the division incurred a before-tax operating loss from operations of $130,000 from the beginning of the year through december 15. the income tax rate is 40%. chance’s after-tax income from its continuing operations is $350,000. required: prepare an income statement for 2018 beginning with income from continuing operations. include appropriate eps disclosures assuming that 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding throughout the year. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)