As a first stage of cooperation, the countries agree to remove all barriers to trade among themselves. Each country also maintains policies it sees fit against nonmembers. At this stage, Moonland Union can be described as a .
A) free trade area
B) political union
C) common market
D) customs union

Employers hiring for entry-level positions in hospitality and tourism expect workers to

Trinity coatings company uses the indirect method to prepare its statement of cash flows. refer to the following information for 2018: the beginning balance in the cash account was $ 3 comma 000. net cash provided by operating activities: $ 42 comma 000 net cash used for investing activities: $(26 comma 500) net cash provided by financing activities: $ 1 comma 700 the statement of cash flows will show

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.