Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

The average size of social loans is around $17,000.


ANSWER: True

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What will be an ideal response?

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ShoeZone is a shoe retailer with outlets across the country. The company is trying to reduce its inventory and warehousing costs, but needs to keep delivery speeds as short as possible. What can ShoeZone do to achieve this?

What will be an ideal response?

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The following transactions relate to MicroChip, a manufacturer located in Thailand. Indicate whether each transaction immediately gives rise to an asset of the company under U.S. GAAP and separately, under IFRS. If MicroChip recognizes an asset, state the account title, the amount, and the classification of the asset on the balance sheet as either a current asset or a noncurrent asset. MicroChip

reports its results in millions of baht (Bt). a. MicroChip invests Bt800 million in a government bond. The bond has a maturity value of Bt1,000 million in five years, and MicroChip intends to hold the bond to maturity. b. Two months prior to its year-end, MicroChip pays its insurer Bt240 million to cover annual premiums on its European plants. c. MicroChip pays a developer in another country Bt6 million for an option to purchase a tract of land on which it intends to build a warehouse to serve future markets. The price of the land is Bt450 million. d. MicroChip signs a four-year employment agreement with its chief executive officer for a package valued at Bt17.4 million per year. Of this amount, Bt3.1 million is base salary; the rest is expected bonus and deferred compensation arrangements. The contract period begins next month. e. MicroChip spends Bt80 million on research and development (R&D) related to new, circuitry; 60% of the total amount was spent on pure research, the rest on development. The R&D is successful, and the firm is able to acquire a patent on the new circuitry. The cost of filing the paperwork and other procedures to obtain the patent is Bt0.5 million. f. MicroChip received notice that a component supplier had shipped by freight components invoiced at Bt700 million with payment due in 30 days. The supplier retains title to the components until received by MicroChip.

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Will decides to gift his wife a house for their 10th wedding anniversary. He contacts his real estate agent about a specific house that he wants to buy. The realtor assures him that he will contact the owners immediately to find out the asking price. The agent, however, informs Will about the price two months after the anniversary. The information provided by the agent is most likely to be useless because it lacked ________.

A. precision B. timeliness C. relevance D. sufficiency E. accuracy

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