Amie, inc., has 100,000 shares of $2 par value stock outstanding. prairie corportaion acquired 30,000 of amie's shares on january 1, 2012, for $120,000 when amie's net assets had a total fair value of $350,000. on july 1, 2015, prairie bought an additional 60,000 shares of amie from a single stockholder for $6 per share. although amie's shares were selling in the $5 range around july 1, 2015. prairie forecasted that obtaining control of amie would produce significant revenue synergies to justify the premium price paid. if amie's net identifiable asstets had a fair value of $500,000 at july 1, 2015, how much goodwill should prairie report in its postcombination consolidated balance sheet? a. $60,000b. $90,000c. $100,000d. $-0-

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

Outstanding stock consists of 8,300 shares of cumulative 7% preferred stock with a $10 par value and 4,300 shares of common stock with a $1 par value. during the first three years of operation, the corporation declared and paid the following total cash dividends. year dividend declared 2016 $ 0 2017 $ 7,300 2018 $ 45,000 the amount of dividends paid to preferred and common shareholders in 2018 is:

Which of the following is not a characteristic of enterprise applications that cause challenges in implementation? a. they introduce "switching costs," making the firm dependent on the vendor. b. they cause integration difficulties as every vendor uses different data and processes. c. they are complex and time consuming to implement. d. they support "best practices" for each business process and function. e. they require sweeping changes to business processes to work with the software.