Exxon mobil enters into a pact with gazprom, the world's largest natural gas extractor, to set up a processing unit in baku, azerbaijan. which of the following is most likely the reason for exxon mobil to opt for this strategic alliance? 1. to scale back its core competencies2. to better compete with gazprom3. to restrict its factors of production4. to gain access to low-cost inputs of production5. to gain access to new customers

Ski powder resort ends its fiscal year on april 30. the business adjusts its accounts monthly, but closes them only at year-end (april 30). the resort's busy season is from december 1 through march 31. adrian pride, the resort's chief financial officer, the museums a close watch on lift ticket revenue and cash. the balances of these accounts at the end of each of the last five months are as follows:

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How should the environmental effects be dealt with when evaluating this project? the environmental effects should be ignored since the plant is legal without mitigation. the environmental effects should be treated as a sunk cost and therefore ignored. if the utility mitigates for the environmental effects, the project is not acceptable. however, before the company chooses to do the project without mitigation, it needs to make sure that any costs of "ill will" for not mitigating for the environmental effects have been considered in the original analysis. the environmental effects should be treated as a remote possibility and should only be considered at the time in which they actually occur. the environmental effects if not mitigated would result in additional cash flows. therefore, since the plant is legal without mitigation, there are no benefits to performing a "no mitigation" analysis.