Patriot Corporation acquired 80 percent ownership of Seahawk Corporation on January 1, 20X8, for $200,000. At that date, Seahawk reported common stock outstanding of $75,000 and retained earnings of $150,000. The fair value of the noncontrolling interest was $50,000. The differential is assigned to equipment, which had a fair value $25,000 greater than book value and a remaining economic life of five years at the date of the business combination. Seahawk reported net income of $40,000 and paid dividends of $20,000 in 20X8.
1) Provide the journal entries recorded by Patriot during 20X8 on its books if it accounts for its investment in Seahawk using the equity method.
2) Give the consolidating entries needed at December 31, 20X8, to prepare consolidated financial statements.

Your company is starting a new r& d initiative: a development of a new drug that dramatically reduces the addiction to smoking. the expert team estimates the probability of developing the drug succesfully at 60% and a chance of losing the investment of 40%. if the project is successful, your company would earn profits (after deducting the investment) of 9,000 (thousand usd). if the development is unsuccessful, the whole investment will be lost -1,000 (thousand usd). your company's risk preference is given by the expected utility function: u(x) v1000 +x, where x is the monetary outcome of a project. calculate the expected profit of the project . calculate the expected utility of the project . find the certainty equivalent of this r& d initiative . find the risk premium of this r& d initiative e is the company risk-averse, risk-loving or risk-neutral? why do you think so?