Pond co. has an authorized class of 9%, $50 par, cumulative, nonparticipating preferred stock. the common stock has a $10 par value. for each class of stock, 500,000 shares are authorized. at year end, pond had the following account balances: a. common stock $ 5,000,000 b. preferred stock 1,250,000 c. additional paid-in capital on common stock 1,500,000 d. retained earnings 2,250,000 $10,000,000 preferred dividends are in arrears for 1 year. on december 31 of this year, cash dividends totaling $1 million were declared. how much were the dividends on common stock? a) $225,000 b) $290,000 c) $710,000 d) $775,000.

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?