The council of economic advisors to the president of a country reported gross investment expenditure at $400,000 during a particular year. the group excluded from this valuation an amount of $50,000 spent by an existing domestic firm during the year. mark, an economist, argued that this amount should have been included under the business fixed investment component of gdp. which of the following, if true, would support mark's argument? a. the firm exported products worth $50,000 to a neighboring country. b.the firm transferred machinery worth $50,000 from one of its closed facilities to one in operation. c.the firm sold off its existing machinery worth $50,000 and invested the proceeds in buying raw materials for production. d.the firm stalled production temporarily to lower the value of its inventory stock by $50,000.e. the firm purchased new machinery worth $50,000 for its production facility during that year.

Chance company had two operating divisions, one manufacturing farm equipment and the other office supplies. both divisions are considered separate components as defined by generally accepted accounting principles. the farm equipment component had been unprofitable, and on september 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to sell the assets of the division. the actual sale was completed on december 15, 2018, at a price of $600,000. the book value of the division’s assets was $1,000,000, resulting in a before-tax loss of $400,000 on the sale. the division incurred a before-tax operating loss from operations of $130,000 from the beginning of the year through december 15. the income tax rate is 40%. chance’s after-tax income from its continuing operations is $350,000. required: prepare an income statement for 2018 beginning with income from continuing operations. include appropriate eps disclosures assuming that 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding throughout the year. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)

Advertisers are usually very conscious of their audience. choose an issue of a popular magazine such as time, sports illustrated, vanity fair, rolling stone, or the like. from that issue select three advertisements to analyze. try to determine the audience being appealed to in each advertisement and analyze the appeals used to persuade buyers. how might the appeals differ is the ads were designed to persuade a different audience.

Later movers do not face: entrenched competitors. reduced uncertainty over technologies. high growth markets. lower market uncertainty.