On december 1, 2013, keenan company, a u. s. firm, sold merchandise to velez company of canada for 150,000 canadian dollars (cad). collection of the receivable is due on february 1, 2014. keenan purchased a foreign currency put option with a strike price of $.97 (u. s.) on december 1, 2013. this foreign currency option is designated as a fair value hedge. relevant exchange rates follow:

date spot rate option premium
december 1, 2018 $0.97 $0.05
december 31, 2018 $0.95 $0.04
february 1, 2019 $0.94 $0.03

compute the fair value of the foreign currency option at february 1, 2014.
(a) $7,500.
(b) $6,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $1,500.
(e) $4,500.

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

Sally is buying a home and the closing date is set for april 20th. the annual property taxes are $1,234.00 and have not been paid yet. using actual days, how much will the buyer be credited and the seller be debited

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position