In 2019, Alliant Corporation acquired Centerpoint Inc. for $352 million, of which $62 million was allocated to goodwill. At the end of 2021, management has provided the following information for a required goodwill impairment test Fair value of Centerpoint Inc Book value of Centerpoint's net assets (excluding goodwill) Book value of Centerpoint's net assets $256 million 228 million (including goodwill) 290 million Required: 1. Determine the amount of the impairment loss. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answer in millions (i. e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10)). 2. Determine the amount of the impairment loss assuming that the fair value of Centerpoint is $318 million. (Enter your answer in millions (i. e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10)) million million 1 Impairment loss 2 Impairment loss

Suppose the marginal damage and marginal benefit curves in a polluted neighborhood are md = p/3 and mb = 4 – p. also, suppose that transactions costs are low, so that the consumers and the firm can bargain. we saw that in this case, the socially-optimal level of pollution is achieved. start by computing the socially-optimal p. then, for each of the following cases, compute the amount of money transferred through the bargaining process, and indicate who pays whom (i.e., whether consumers pay the firm, or vice versa). also, compute the gains to each party relative to the status quo (i.e., the starting point of the bargaining process).a)consumers have the right to clean air; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.b)consumers have the right to clean air; consumers are dominant in the bargaining process.c)firm has the right to pollute; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.d)firm has the right to pollute; consumers are dominant in the bargaining proces

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.

The following information relates to the pina company. date ending inventory price (end-of-year prices) index december 31, 2013 $73,700 100 december 31, 2014 100,092 114 december 31, 2015 107,856 126 december 31, 2016 123,009 131 december 31, 2017 113,288 136 use the dollar-value lifo method to compute the ending inventory for pina company for 2013 through 2017.