Christina Company (a U. S.-based company) has a subsidiary in Canada that began operations at the start of 2020 with assets of 146,000 Canadian dollars (CAD) and liabilities of CAD 82000. During this initial year of operation, the subsidiary reported a profit of CAD 30,000. It distributed two dividends, each for CAD 5,400 with one dividend declared on March 1 and the other on October 1. Applicable U. S. dollar ($) exchange rates for 1 Canadian dollar follow: January 1, 2020 (start of business) $0.73
March 1, 2020 0.71
Weighted average rate for 2020 0.70
October 1, 2020 0.69
December 31, 2020 0.68

Required:
a. Assume that the Canadian dollar is this subsidiary’s functional currency. What translation adjustment would the company report for the year 2020?
b. Assume that on October 1, 2020, Christina entered into a forward exchange contract to hedge the net investment in this subsidiary. On that date, the company agreed to sell CAD 240,000 in three months at a forward exchange rate of $0.69/CAD1. Prepare the journal entries required by this forward contract.
c. Compute the net translation adjustment the company will report in accumulated other comprehensive income for the year 2020 under this second set of circumstances.

Juan has a retail business selling skateboard supplies he maintains large stockpiles of every item he sells in a warehouse on the outskirts of town he keeps finding that he has to reorder certain supplies all the time but others only once a year how can he solve this problem?

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is