Answer:
The carrying value decreases from the issue price to the par value over the bond’s term.
Explanation:
The carrying value of a bond is the par value or face value of that bond plus any unamortized premiums or less any unamortized discounts. The net amount between the par value and the premium or discount is called the carrying value because it is reported on the balance sheet. When a bond is issued at a premium, the carrying value is higher than the face value of the bond.
Answer: C. an implied contract.
Explanation:
An Implied Contract is one that arises as a result of the way one or both of the parties involved in the contract acts towards the other.
Unlike an Express Contract, it need not be written down but it does have the same legal weight and strength of a written contract.
The basic principle of this contract is that people should always be treated fairly in business transactions so the need to always pen it down is not necessary.
By walking in and leaving his clothes at the laundry, Bill got into an Implied Contract as it would be unfair for Tom to just clean his clothes with no payment.
Answer:
Most consumers decide on a product using price as the number one factor
Explanation:
Sale prices could make a market more competitive and it is also a pricing strategy.
If an entrepreneur set the price as high as s/he thinks s/he can it could take her/him out of competition in the market and it would leave her/him without profit.
Small business don't set their prices according to their business size but to the economic factor, because consumers first decide based on the economic factor because people can't buy what they can't afford.
This is tough to answer in 3-5 sentences, and tends to also be a heavy identifier of your possible political leanings. You'll have to apologize if some of mine leak out in the response, but this is a question we debate hotly more frequently than every 4 years.
In general, international trade can help increase the GDP and overall profits for US-based corporations. However, if all we do is export, and we don't import, other countries don't look favorably upon that and may heavily tax our goods to counter this.
I believe we do need to be thoughtful about the amounts and kinds of international trade that we engage in. For example, farming is always a hotly debated issue for international trade, in part because farmers in other countries with a dramatically lower cost of living OR farmers in countries with a favorable currency rate (exchange from their currency to our dollars gives them an advantage) can undercut our farmers here in the US, many of whom are already struggling.
There are also those who are worried that when we import produce from countries that have not outlawed pesticides we know are carcinogenic, for instance, this creates not only a disadvantage for US farmers, but also for consumers who may be concerned about health issues.
As another example of this, many countries outlawed import of US beef during the Mad Cow Epidemic. We in turn also placed bans on importing beef from the UK.
These are examples of why it's important to be thoughtful about trade, but there are certainly many others, including decline in production jobs within the US that have left cities like Detroit a ghost town (this was formerly the hub of our automotive industry production).
