Louie Company has a defined benefit pension plan. On December 31 (the end of the fiscal year), the company received the PBO report from the actuary. The following information was included in the report: ending PBO, $117,000; benefits paid to retirees, $10,000; interest cost, $8,500. The discount rate applied by the actuary was 10%. What was the service cost for the year?

Shelly bought a house five years ago for $150,000 and obtained an 80% loan. now the home is worth $140,000 and her loan balance has been reduced by $12,000. what is shelly's current equity?

Yang corporation starts a foreign subsidiary on january 1 by investing 20,000 rand. yang owns all of the shares of the subsidiary’s common stock. the foreign subsidiary generates 40,000 rand of net income throughout the year and pays no dividends. the rand is the foreign subsidiary’s functional currency. currency exchange rates for 1 rand are as follows: lo 10-3 january $0.25 = 1 rand average for the 0.28 = 1 december 0.31 = 1 in preparing consolidated financial statements, what translation adjustment will yang report at the end of the current year? a. $400 positive (credit). b. $1,000 positive (credit). c. $1,400 positive (credit). d. $2,400 positive (credit). hoyle, joe ben; hoyle, joe ben. advanced accounting (page 513). mcgraw-hill higher education. kindle edition.

Baylaine is a company that sells affordable, low-end cell phones. baylaine's customers can register product or service complaints with the company through emails; the company's customer support team replies to customer queries and complaints within five hours of the receipt of an email. in the context of customer relationship management, baylaine most likely establishes with its customers.