Harry Watson is an engineering student taking an economics elective in his senior year. He has the option to work as a petroleum engineer or to design rollercoasters after college. He uses concepts learned from his economics course to help with this decision. When he considers the increasing popularity of electronic vehicles and a decrease in demand for petroleum in the future, he is acknowledging the dependencies that exist: a. through time.
b. between people or businesses in the same market.
c. between his own choices.
d. between markets.

The stock of grommet corporation, a u. s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u. s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u. s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u. s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?