Rate regulation provides incentives for public utility managers to

A) artificially decrease the asset base.
B) artificially increase the asset base.
C) artificially decrease operating expenses.
D) artificially decrease taxes.

The equity method of accounting for investments requires

A) a year-end adjustment to revalue the stock to lower of cost or market
B) the investment to be reported at its original cost
C) the investment to be increased by the reported net income of the investee
D) the investment to be increased by the dividends paid by the investee

If the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen is $1 = 250 yen, then the dollar price of yen is

A) $0.004.
B) $4.
C) $0.40.
D) $0.04.

The standard deviation can be negative, positive, or equal to zero.

The following price quotations on WFM were taken from the Wall Street Journal. $\begin{array}{rrr}\text{ Stock Price}& \text{ Strike }& \text{ February }\\ & \text{ Price }& \\ 927/8& 85& 87/8\\ 927/8& 90& 41/8\\ 927/8& 95& 15/8\end{array}$

The premium on one WFM February 85 call contract is

A) $8.875.
B) $887.50.
C) $412.50.
D) $158.00.