Company A and Company B are identical in all regards except that during Year 1 Company A borrowed $35,000 at an interest rate of 10%. In contrast, Company B obtained financing by acquiring $35,000 from sale of common stock. Company B agreed to pay a $3,500 cash dividend each year. Both companies are in a 30% tax bracket. Which company would show the greater retained earnings at the end of Year 1, and by what amount

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?

Match the terms with their correct definition. terms: 1. accounts receivable 2. other receivables 3 debtor 4. notes receivable 5. maturity date 6. creditor definitions: a. the party to a credit transaction who takes on an obligation/payable. b. the party who receives a receivable and will collect cash in the future. c. a written promise to pay a specified amount of money at a particular future date. d. the date when the note receivable is due. e. a miscellaneous category that includes any other type of receivable where there is a right to receive cash in the future. f. the right to receive cash in the future from customers for goods sold or for services performed.

In 1948, the president of the united states earned a salary of $75,000. in 2000, the president earned a salary of $400,000. knowing that the cpi for 1948 is 24.1 and the cpi for 2000 is 172.2, convert the 1948 salary to constant 2000 dollars. when comparing constant dollar amounts, whose salary was worth more--harry truman, president in 1948, or bill clinton, president in 2000