Sears Holdings Corporation has a subsidiary in Canada. Assume that Sears Canada Inc. has a positive equity balance, and its assets carried at fair value exceed its debt. Assume the U.S. dollar has steadily weakened against the Canadian dollar in the past few years.
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a. Is Sears Canada's remeasured net income greater than or less than its translated net income? Give reasons for your answer. How would your answer change if the subsidiary's debt exceeded its assets carried at fair value?
b. How does Sears Canada's remeasured return on assets compare with its translated return on assets why?
c. Repeat part b for the subsidiary's current ratio and debt to assets ratio.