Public corporation acquired 90 percent of station company’s voting common stock on january 1, 20x1, for $492,300. at the time of the combination, station reported common stock outstanding of $121,000 and retained earnings of $386,000, and the fair value of the noncontrolling interest was $54,700. the book value of station’s net assets approximated market value except for patents that had a market value of $40,000 more than their book value. the patents had a remaining economic life of five years at the date of the business combination. station reported net income of $60,000 and paid dividends of $23,000 during 20x1. required: a. what balance did public report as its investment in station at december 31, 20x1, assuming public uses the equity method in accounting for its investment

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

Atlas manufacturing produces a unique valve, and has the capacity to produce 50,000 valves annually. currently atlas produces 40,000 valves and is thinking about increasing production to 45,000 valves next year. what is the most likely behavior of total manufacturing costs and unit manufacturing costs given this change? a. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will also increase. b. total manufacturing costs will stay the same and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same. c. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will decrease. d. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same.

Which statement best defines tuition? tuition is federal money awarded to a student. tuition is aid given to a student by an institution. tuition is money borrowed to pay for an education. tuition is the price of attending classes at a school.