On January 1, 2018, Olympic Insurance Company granted 30,000 stock options to certain executives. The options are exercisable no sooner than December 31, 2020, and expire on January 1, 2021. Each option can be exercised to acquire one share of $1 par common stock for $12. An option- pricing model estimates the fair value of the options to be $5 on the date of grant. The market price of Olympic's stock was as follows: January 1, 2018 December 31, 2018 What amount should Olympic recognize as compensation expense for 2018?a) $10,000

b) $20,000

c) $30,000

d) $50,000

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?