Helmut purchases 100 shares of stock in caisson corporation for $1,000 in year 1. on december 1 of year 2, he purchases an additional 100 shares in the company for $1,500. on december 28 of year 2, helmut sells the 100 shares acquired in year 1 for $1,200. what is helmut’s recognized gain or loss from the december 28 sale, and what is his resulting basis in the stock purchased on december 1 of year 2?

1) u. s. real gdp is substantially higher today than it was 60 years ago. what does this tell us, and what does it not tell us, about the well-being of u. s. residents? what are the limitations of the gdp as a measure of economic well-being? given the limitations, why is gdp usually regarded as the best single measure of a society’s economic well-being? 2) what is an intermediate good? how does an intermediate good differ from a final good? explain why it is the case that the value of intermediate goods produced and sold during the year is not included directly as part of gdp, but the value of intermediate goods produced and not sold is included directly as part of gdp.

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.