Suppose that you are the treasurer of IBM with an extra U. S. $1,000,000 to invest for six months. You are considering the purchase of U. S. T-bills that yield 1.810% (that's a six month rate, not an annual rate) and have a maturity of 26 weeks. The spot exchange rate is $1.00 = ¥100, and the six month forward rate is $1.00 = ¥110. What must the interest rate in Japan (on an investment of comparable risk) be before you are willing to consider investing there for six months? A. 1.991 percent B. 1.12 percent C. 7.45 percent D. −7.45 percent

Frost corporation incurred the following transactions during its first year of operations. (assume all transactions involve cash.) 1) acquired $1,900 of capital from the owners. 2) purchased $435 of direct raw materials. 3) used $290 of these direct raw materials in the production process. 4) paid production workers $490 cash. 5) paid $290 for manufacturing overhead (applied and actual overhead are the same). 6) started and completed 250 units of inventory. 7) sold 140 units at a price of $6 each. 8) paid $130 for selling and administrative expenses. the amount of raw material inventory on the balance sheet at the end of the accounting period would be: