On January 1, the Kings Corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $98,000. The bonds are sold for $96,040. The bonds pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 and the maturity date is December 31, ten years from now. Kings records straight-line amortization of the bond discount. Determine the bond interest expense for the year ended December 31 of the first year is. Select the correct answer. $9,800 $9,604 $9,996 $1,960

Suppose that a worker in caninia can produce either 2 blankets or 8 meals per day, and a worker in felinia can produce either 5 blankets or 1 meal per day. each nation has 10 workers. for many years, the two countries traded, each completely specializing according to their respective comparative advantages. now war has broken out between them and all trade has stopped. without trade, caninia produces and consumes 10 blankets and 40 meals per day and felinia produces and consumes 25 blankets and 5 meals per day. the war has caused the combined daily output of the two countries to decline by

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

Determine if the following statements are true or false. an increase in government spending can crowd out private investment. an improvement in the budget balance increases the demand for financial capital. an increase in private consumption may crowd out private investment. lower interest rates can lead to private investment being crowded out. a trade balance in sur+ increases the supply of financial capital. if private savings is equal to private investment, then there is neither a budget sur+ nor a budget deficit.