Technician a says that manufacturers have dealt with caliper brake piston corrosion by making pistons out of a phenolic resin. technician b says that even though the phenolic pistons themselves do not corrode, the cast iron bore of the caliper does corrode and rust, and can therefore cause a phenolic piston to seize in the bore. who is correct?

When a government sees that local industry is threatened by imports, it can threaten to erect import barriers to stop or reduce these imports. this is an example of a driver of international business activity?

Grey company holds an overdue note receivable of $800,000 plus recorded accrued interest of $64,000. the effective interest rate is 8%. as the result of a court-imposed settlement on december 31, year 3, grey agreed to the following restructuring arrangement: reduced the principal obligation to $600,000.forgave the $64,000 accrued interest.extended the maturity date to december 31, year 5.annual interest of $40,000 is to be paid to grey on december 31, year 4 and year 5. the present value of the interest and principal payments to be received by grey company discounted for two years at 8% is $585,734. grey does not elect the fair value option for reporting the debt modification. on december 31, year 3, grey would recognize a valuation allowance for impaired loans of

Net income and owner's equity for four businesses four different proprietorships, jupiter, mars, saturn, and venus, show the same balance sheet data at the beginning and end of a year. these data, exclusive of the amount of owner's equity, are summarized as follows: total assets total liabilities beginning of the year $550,000 $215,000 end of the year 844,000 320,000 on the basis of the preceding data and the following additional information for the year, determine the net income (or loss) of each company for the year. (hint: first determine the amount of increase or decrease in owner's equity during the year.) jupiter: the owner had made no additional investments in the business and had made no withdrawals from the business. mars: the owner had made no additional investments in the business but had withdrawn $36,000. saturn: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 but had made no withdrawals. venus: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 and had withdrawn $36,000. jupiter net income $ mars net income $ saturn net income $ venus net income $