Which of the following statements about recessions is true? a. an old rule of thumb defining recession is two consecutive quarters of falling nominal gdp. b. recessions occur at regular intervals and last standard amounts of time. c. there is no ironclad rule for the declaration of recessions. d. recessions are associated with low unemployment and high income.

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

Winston churchill's stamp collection was valued at $14 million when he died. at auction, it brought in only $4 million. what was it worth? why?

Tara and her parents want to save at least $40,000 for college in 8 years. which statement describes the most effective savings plan for tara and her parents to meet their goal? tara and her parents should make deposits of $300 every month into a college savings account. tara and her parents should make deposits of $450 every month into a college savings account. tara and her parents should make deposits of $3,000 every year into a college savings account. tara and her parents should make deposits of $4,000 every year into a college savings account