Data for the seven operating segments of Amalgamated Products follow: Segments Revenues Segment Profit (Loss) Segment Assets
Electronics $42,000 $(8,600) $73,000
Bicycles 105,000 30,400 207,000
Sporting Goods 53,000 (4,900 ) 68,000
Home Appliances 147,000 23,000 232,000
Gas and Oil
Equipment 186,000 11,700 315,000
Glassware 64,000 (19,100) 96,000
Hardware 178,000 38,600 194,000
Total $775,000 $71,100 $1,185,000
Included in the $105,000 revenue of the Bicycles segment are sales of $25,000 made to the Sporting Goods segment.
Required:
A. Which segments are separately reportable?
B. Do the separately reportable segments include a sufficient portion of total revenue?
1. Yes.
2. No.

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You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u.s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u.s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u.s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

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