Lessington Corporation purchases 4,000 shares of Gonzalez Company common stock for $150,000 as a long-term investment. The investment is classified as available-for-sale securities. Gonzalez has 500,000 shares of stock currently outstanding and the par value of the stock is $1 per share. Lessington's entry to record the purchase transaction would include a:

“strategy, plans, and budgets are unrelated to one another.” do you agree? explain. explain how the manager’s choice of the type of responsibility center (cost, revenue, profit, or investment) affects the behavior of other employees.

Reynolds corp. factors $400,000 of accounts receivable with mateer finance corporation on a without recourse basis on july 1, 2015. the receivables records are transferred to mateer finance, which will receive the collections. mateer finance assesses a finance charge of 1 ½ percent of the amount of accounts receivable and retains an amount equal to 4% of accounts receivable to cover sales discounts, returns, and allowances. the transaction is to be recorded as a sale. required: a. prepare the journal entry on july 1, 2015, for reynolds corp. to record the sale of receivables without recourse. b. prepare the journal entry on july 1, 2015, for mateer finance corporation to record the purchase of receivables without recourse— think through this. c. explain the difference between sale of receivables with recourse as oppose to without recourse.

You get your monthly banking statement and notice that the number is lower than expected. you decide that you should create a cash flow statement. why are cash flow statements useful in managing money? what are the steps in creating a statement?