Sand, Inc. has outstanding $5,000,000, 10%, 20-year bonds. The bonds are callable at 104 on any interest date. The bonds were issued at par and mature in 10 years. Recently, interest rates have declined to 5% and the market price of the bonds has increased to 107. If the company exercises the call provision, the company will record:

A) A credit to cash of $5,350,000.
B) A loss of $200,000 on its income statement in the year the bonds are called.
C) A loss of $20,000 in the year the bonds are called and a $20,000 loss for the next 9 years.
D) A gain of $50,000 in the year the bonds are called.

Corporations with suppliers, vendors, and customers all over the globe are referred to as : a) global corporations b) international corporations c) multinational corporations d) multicultural corporations

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Which feature is a characteristic of a corporation?