Eugene Forest sold the following assets: stock acquired 5 years ago (cost $10,000) for $15,000, business equipment held 3 years (cost $28,000; adjusted basis $ 22,000) for $30,000, inventory held 2 years (cost $11,000) for $14,000, and personal car, held 2 years (cost $8,000) for $12,000. What is the amount of Forest's Sec. 1231 gain or loss? a) S 2.000 b)$ 8,000 c)$20,000 d) $29,000 e) None of the above

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Your father offers you a choice of $120,000 in 11 years or $48,500 today. use appendix b as an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a-1. if money is discounted at 11 percent, what is the present value of the $120,000?

Classify each of the following items as a public good, a private good, a natural monopoly good, or a common resource.(a) measles vaccinations (b) tuna in the pacific ocean (c) airline service in the united states (d) local storm-water system