Home Stop sells two product categories, furniture and accessories. Information pertaining to its 2021 year-end inventory is as follows: Inventory, by Product Category Quantity Per Unit Cost Market Furniture: Chairs 80 $ 43 $ 49 Desks 40 91 76 Tables 70 102 110 Accessories: Rugs 30 78 66 Lamps 50 40 36 Required: 1. Determine the carrying value of inventory at year-end, assuming the lower of cost or market (LCM) rule is applied to (a) individual products, (b) product categories, and (c) total inventory. 2. Assuming inventory write-downs are common for Home Stop, record any necessary year-end adjustment amount for each of the LCM applications in requirement 1.

What is private equity investing? who participates in it and why? how is palamon positioned in the industry? how does private equity investing compare with public market investing? what are the similarities and differences between the two? why is palamon interested in teamsystem? does it fit with palamon’s investment strategy? how much is 51% of teamsystem’s common equity worth? use both a discounted cash flow and a multiple-based valuation to justify your recommendation. what complexities do cross-border deals introduce? what are the specific risks of this deal? what should louis elson recommend to his partners? is it a go or not? if it is a go, what nonprice terms are important? if it’s not a go, what counterproposal would you make?