Below is balance sheet information for five independent situations. Calculate the answer to each. 1. A company reports total assets of $2,490 and total liabilities of $800. What is the amount of stockholders' equity? 2. A company reports total liabilities of $2,600 and stockholders' equity of $500. What is the amount of total assets? 3. A company reports total assets of $2,800 and total stockholders' equity of $550. What is the amount of total liabilities? 4. A company reports an increase in assets of $2,280 and an increase in liabilities of $590. What is the amount of the change in stockholders' equity? (Decreases should be indicated by a minus sign.) 5. A company reports an increase in liabilities of $160 and a decrease in stockholders' equity of $1,270. What is the amount of the change in total assets? (Decreases should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Panera bread is a chain of cafes serving sandwiches, soups, and freshly baked breads. the company began in 1981 with stores primarily located along the east coast of the united states. since then, the firm has expanded to over 1,300 locations throughout the united states and canada. the firm has strong earnings and has been designated by business week as a "significant growth company." panera bread executives are considering the idea of expanding globally by opening cafes in asia through a franchising strategy. which of the following, if true, supports the argument that panera bread should expand into asia through franchising? a: the panera bread menu changes rapidly, and each cafe's artisan bread bakers receive regular training on new recipes. b: panera bread executives want fast access to the asian market without a significant investment of capital. c: panera bread executives want to test the asian market with a short-term commitment that allows them to make quick profits. d: the panera bread mission is to make excellent bread available to customers around the world.

The sticky-price theory asserts that the output prices of some goods and services adjust slowly to changes in the price level. suppose firms announce the prices for their products in advance, based on an expected price level of 100 for the coming year. many of the firms sell their goods through catalogs and face high costs of reprinting if they change prices. the actual price level turns out to be 110. faced with high menu costs, the firms that rely on catalog sales choose not to adjust their prices. sales from catalogs will

What impact did the economic opportunities in pennsylvania and new york have on virginia? a. virginia planters started to migrate to new york. b. new yorkers began buying up cheap virginia real estate. c. virginians found themselves resorting increasingly to slavery. d. virginians loosened their slave laws to attract more migrants.