If asset A's return is exactly two times asset B's return, then following risk return tradeoff, the standard deviation of asset A should be ________ times the standard deviation of asset B

Interest cost included in pension expense recognized for a period by an employer sponsoring a defined-benefit pension plan represents the

a. shortage between the expected and actual returns on plan assets. b. increase in the projected benefit obligation due to the passage of time. c. increase in the fair value of plan assets due to the passage of time. d. amortization of the discount on accumulated OCI (PSC).

Authorization to a supplier to deliver a product, known as a(n) ________, increasingly takes the form of a technology known as ________

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