In january 2016, anheuser-busch issued an outstanding bond that pays a 3.5% coupon rate, matures in january 2023, and has a yield to maturity of 3.02%. in january 2017, santander holdings issued an outstanding bond that pays a 3.571% coupon rate, matures in january 2023, and has a yield to maturity of 3.341%. a. does the anheuser-busch bond sell at a premium, at par, or at a discount? how do you know? what about the santander bond? b. which bond would you guess has a higher rating? why? c. can you draw any conclusion about the shape of the yield curve, either now or when these bonds were first issued, from the information given in the problem? why or why not?

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Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.

Madalyn works in a career that involves patrolling a warehouse and monitoring the camera alarm system. robert works in a career that involves observing and arresting crime suspects. which career pathway matches each person? a. madalyn works in law enforcement services, and robert works in security and protective services. b. madalyn works in security and protective services, and robert works in corrections services. c. madalyn works in security and protective services, and robert works in law enforcement services. d. madalyn works in corrections services, and robert works in law enforcement services.