On January 1, 2021, Bishop Company issued 10% bonds dated January 1, 2021, with a face amount of $19.0 million. The bonds mature in 2030 (10 years). For bonds of similar risk and maturity, the market yield is 12%. Interest is paid semiannually on June 30 and December 31.

Required:

1. Determine the price of the bonds at January 1, 2021.

2. Prepare the journal entry to record their issuance by The Bradford Company on January 1, 2021.

3. Prepare the journal entry to record interest on June 30, 2021 (at the effective rate).

4. Prepare the journal entry to record interest on December 31, 2021 (at the effective rate).

2. the language of price controls consider the market for rental cars. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of rental cars is $58 per day, and employees at car rental companies earn $19.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect there are many teenagers who would like to work at car rental companies, but the minimum-wage law sets the hourly wage at $23.00. the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $87 per day for rental cars. the government prohibits car rental companies from renting out rental cars for more than $87 per day.

Label each of the following statements true, false, or uncertain. explain your choice carefully. a. workers benefit equally from the process of creative destruction. b. in the past two decades, the real wages of low-skill u.s. workers have declined relative to the real wages of high-skill workers. c. technological progress leads to a decrease in employment if, and only if, the increase in output is smaller than the increase in productivity. d. the apparent decrease in the natural rate of unemployment in the united states in the second-half of the 1990s can be explained by the fact that productivity growth was unexpectedly high during that period.

You would like to compare your firm's cost structure to that of your competitors. however, your competitors are much larger in size than your firm. which one of these would best enable you to compare costs across your industry? common-size income statement. pro forma balance sheet. statement of cash flows. common-size balance sheet