Brown-Box Retail Corporation reported stockholders equity on its balance sheet at December 31 Brown-Box Retail Corporation Balance

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Brown-Box Retail Corporation reported stockholders’ equity on its balance sheet at December 31
Brown-Box Retail Corporation
Balance
Sheet (Partial)
December 31, 2015
Stockholders’ equity: (in millions)
Common stock, $0.10 par value—
1200 million shares authorized
500 million shares issued ........... $ 50
Additional paid-in capital ............ 1098
Retained earnings ............... 6,100
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) ..... (?)
Less: Treasury stock, at cost .......... (80

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1. Identify the two components that typically make up accumulated other comprehensive income.
2. For each component of accumulated other comprehensive income, describe the event that can cause a positive balance. Also describe the events that can cause a negative balance for each component.
3. At December 31, 2014, Brown-Box Retail’s accumulated other comprehensive loss was $57 million. Then during 2015, Brown-Box Retail had a positive foreign-currency translation adjustment of $25 million and an unrealized loss of $15 million on available-for-sale investments. What was Brown-Box Retail’s balance of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) at December 31, 2015?

Balance Sheet
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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0133427530

10th edition

Authors: Walter Harrison, Charles Horngren, William Thomas

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