The city of sycamore has investments in bonds. these bonds have an amortized cost of $1,997,000. at year end, the financial press reports a market value of $2,002,600 for these bonds. the original cost of the bonds was $1,993,000. the par value at maturity will be $2,000,000. the amount at which the investments would be reported is:

You plan to invest some money in a bank account. which of the following banks provides you with the highest effective rate of interest? hint: perhaps this problem requires some calculations. bank 1; 6.1% with annual compounding. bank 2; 6.0% with monthly compounding. bank 3; 6.0% with annual compounding. bank 4; 6.0% with quarterly compounding. bank 5; 6.0% with daily (365-day) compounding.

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.

Discuss ways that oracle could provide client customers with the ability to form better relationships with customers.