In what accounts should the following items be classified? (a) coins and currency. (b) u. s. treasury (government) bonds. (c) certificate of deposit (matures in 5 months). (d) cash in a bank that is in receivership. (e1) nsf check (returned with bank statement) (if uncollectible). (e2) nsf check (returned with bank statement) (if collectible). (f1) deposit in foreign bank (exchangeability limited) (if not expendable). (f2) deposit in foreign bank (exchangeability limited) (if expendable for goods and services in the foreign country). (g1) postdated checks (if collection expected within one year). (g2) postdated checks (if collection expected beyond one year). (h) cash to be used for retirement of long-term bonds. (i) deposits in transit. (j) 100 shares of hp stock (intention is to sell in one year or less). (k) savings and checking accounts. (l) petty cash. (m) stamps. (n1) travel advances (if the company is to be reimbursed). (n2) travel advances (if the company is not to be reimbursed).

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

Aprimary advantage of organizing economic activity within firms is thea. ability to coordinate highly complex tasks to allow for specialized division of labor. b. low administrative costs because of reduced bureaucracy. c. eradication of the principal-agent problem. d. high-powered incentive to work as salaried employees for an existing firm.