Sneer Corporation declared and paid preferred dividends in the amount of $130,000 in the current year. It also declared and paid dividends on common stock in the amount of $2.30 per share. During the current year, Sneer had 1 million common shares authorized; 330,000 shares had been issued; and 127,000 shares were in treasury stock. The opening balance in Retained Earnings was $830,000 and Net Income for the current year was $330,000. Required:
a. Prepare journal entries to record the declaration, and payment, of dividends on (a) preferred and (b) common stock.
b. Using the information given above, prepare a statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31.
c. Prepare a journal entry to close the dividends account.

Which of the following best explains why a large company can undersell small retailers? a. large companies can offer workers lower wages because they provide more jobs. b. large companies can pay their employees less because they do unskilled jobs. c. large companies can negotiate better prices with wholesalers. d. large companies have fewer expenses associated with overhead.

The company financial officer was interested in the average cost of pcs that had been purchased in the past six months. she took a random sample of the price of 10 computers, with the following results. $3,250, $1,127, $2,995, $3,250, $3,445, $3,449, $1,482, $6,120, $3,009, $4,000 what is the iqr?

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)