A company paid $37,800 cash to acquire stock investments with insignificant influence (with a par value of $38,325). The correct entry to record the purchase of the investment is:

Abc company currently pays a dividend of $2.15 per share, d0=2.15. it is estimated that the company’s dividend will grow at a rate of 30 percent per year for the next 3 years, then the dividend will grow at a constant rate of 7 percent thereafter. the market rate of return is 9 percent. what would you estimate is the stock’s current price?

The market for corn in country a is highly competitive. at the current market price of $5/bushel there is a shortage of 100,000 bushels of corn in this country. media reports claim that the price of corn will rise drastically in the near future. according to these reports, the neighboring country b had witnessed a similar situation recently. at the same price, the shortage in country b was also 100,000 bushels and eventually the equilibrium price in b went up to $10/bushel. both countries are known to have equal number of corn producers and the market supply of corn is identical at all prices. this, combined with the fact that consumers in the two countries also have similar tastes and preferences, led the media to conclude that the price of corn in country a would soon be as high as $10/bushel. the new equilibrium price turns out to be below $10/bushel, what inferences can be drawn?

Greater concern for innovation and quality has shifted the job trend to using more broadly defined jobs. t/f