An interest in personal property or fixtures that secures payment or performance of an obligation is called a(n): ______

Recently there has been a ________________ in the numbers of multinationals from developing countries, especially when you look at smaller firms

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

A company has two different products that are sold in different markets

Financial data are as follows: Product A Product B Total Revenue $16,000 $9,400 $25,400 Variable cost (9,000 ) (9,900 ) (18,900 ) Fixed cost (allocated) (3,000 ) (2,100 ) (5,100 ) Operating income (loss) $4,000 $(2,600 ) $1,400 Assume that fixed costs are all unavoidable and that dropping one product would not impact sales of the other. If Product B is dropped, what would be the impact on total operating income of the company? A) increases by $2,100 B) increases by $500 C) decreases by $2,100 D) decreases by $500