Laurels Co. sponsors a stock option incentive plan to purchase common stock for key employees. The plan allows the purchase of one share of $1 par value common stock at an option price of $30 per share. Using an option-pricing model, at the grant date the fair value of the options granted was $155,000. The options are exercisable starting two years from the date of grant which is the requisite service period. On July 1, Year One, 1,500 options were granted to employees when the market price was $30 per share. Employees exercised 1,000 options, when the market price of the stock was $45 per share on July 1, Year Three. What amount of compensation expense is recognized in Year One, Year Two, and Year Three

Congressman patrick indicates that he is opposed to tax proposals that call for a flat tax rate because the structure would not tax those individuals who have the ability to pay the tax. discuss the position of the congressman, giving consideration to tax rate structures (e.g., progressive, proportional, and regressive) and the concept of equity.

Rate of return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation personal finance problem mike is searching for a stock to include in his current stock portfolio. he is interested in hi-tech inc.; he has been impressed with the company's computer products and believes hi-tech is an innovative market player. however, mike realizes that any time you consider a technology stock, risk is a major concern. the rule he follows is to include only securities with a coefficient of variation of returns below 1.07. mike has obtained the following price information for the period 2015 through 2018:hi-tech stock, being growth-oriented, did not pay any dividends during these 4 years. a. calculate the rate of return for each year, 2015 through 2018, for hi-tech stock. b. assume that each year's return is equally probable and calculate the average return over this time period. c. calculate the standard deviation of returns over the past 4 years. (hint: treat this data as a sample.) d. based on b and c determine the coefficient of variation of returns for the security. e. given the calculation in d what should be mike's decision regarding the inclusion of hi-tech stock in his portfolio?

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