A lessor and a lessee signed a lease agreement that qualifies as an operating lease and calls for annual lease payments of $26,269 over a three-year lease term. The asset's estimated useful life is six years. The first payment is due on January 1st, which is the beginning of the lease. The interest rate is 5%. Based on these facts, the present value of the lease payments has been determined to be $75,114. Required: [1] For the lessee, prepare the journal entries necessary at the time of lease signing. Why isn't there an entry for the lessor? [2] For both the lessor and the lessee, prepare the journal entries necessary at the first lease payment (January 1st). [3] For both the lessor and the lessee, prepare the journal entries necessary at the second lease payment (December 31st). For this problem, don't worry about recording the entries necessary for amortization (lessee) and depreciation expense (lessor).

Select the correct answer a research organization conducts certain chemical tests on samples. they have data available on the standard results. some of the samples give results outside the boundary of the standard results. which data mining method follows a similar approach? o a. data cleansing ob. network intrusion o c. fraud detection od. customer classification o e. deviation detection

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate.a. after a long search, jon finds a job.b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed.c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires.d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom.e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working.f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job.g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement.h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2