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Daniel owns 100 shares of abc corporation's common stock. abc uses the fair value option, and recent declines in the firm's credit rating have caused the value of the firm's outstanding bonds payable to drop by 10%. daniel feels this is good news, but he wants to know what you think about the situation. which of the following represents your best response? a : "this situation may be positive for you in that the change in abc's credit standing indicates that the value of the firm's assets is likely increasing. however, the drop in bond value may negate any positive effects on your bottom line, because it means your claim on the firm's assets is simultaneously decreasing." b : "actually, this is bad news all around. the drop in the value of abc's bonds payable means shareholders' claims on the firm's assets have decreased. moreover, abc's declining credit rating means that the firm's assets are probably also dropping in value, thus magnifying your losses even more." c : "on the surface, this seems like good news because it means your claim on the firm's assets has increased. however, the drop in creditworthiness may also indicate that abc's assets are declining in value, thus offsetting any gains associated with the drop in bonds payable." d : "you're right! this is good news because it means that abc's debtholders have a decreased claim on the firm's assets. as a result, the firm's existing shareholders"like you"have seen their claim on the firm's assets increase."

Match each definition in column 1 with a vocabulary word from column 2." some of the entries in column 2 do not apply costs which do not change with the level of output costs which change with the level of output the change in total costs resulting from an increase in output by one unit function showing the quantities of a particular good demanded at a range of price when the quantity supplied of a good is greater than the quantity demanded when the quantity demanded for a particular good is greater than the quantity supplied the price and quantity determined in a market when the supply equals the demand when revenue exceeds costs when costs exceeds revenue output where revenue = costs

The wall street journal reported that over a recent five-month period, a downturn in the economy has caused endowments to decline 23%. what is the estimate of the dollar amount of the decline in the total endowments held by these 10 universities (to the nearest billion)?