Chen Lee is examining whether to investigate a labor efficiency variance in his project management processes. It will cost $4,800 to undertake the investigation and another $14,400 to correct the processes if found faulty. If the processes are faulty and Chen failed to make the investigation, labor costs from the various inefficiencies are expected to amount to $26,400. Chen would be indifferent between investigating and not investigating the variance if the probability of faulty processes is

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?