Zeb, an individual shareholder, owned 25% of towne corporation stock. pursuant to a series of stock redemptions, towne redeemed 10% of the shares of stock zeb owned in exchange for land having a fair market value of $30,000 and an adjusted basis of $10,000. zeb’s basis for all of his towne stock was $200,000. zeb reported the redemption transaction as if it were a dividend. zeb’s basis in the land and his towne stock (immediately after the redemption) is

Afactory owner wants his workers to produce as many widgets as they can so he pays his workers based on how many widgets they produce. however, in order to make sure that the workers do not rush and produce a large number of poorly made widgets, he checks the widgets at random at various stages of their manufacture. if a defect is found in a widget, the pay of the entire section of the factory responsible for that defect is docked. how is this factory owner seeking to solve the agency conflict problem in this case?

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?

Double corporation acquired all of the common stock of simple company for