One of the following is an example of managing earnings down (reducing earnings)?

(A) Reducing research and development expenditures.
(B) Changing estimated bad debts from 3 percent to 2.5 percent of sales.
(C) Revising the estimated life of equipment from 10 years to 8 years.
(D) Not writing off obsolete inventory.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Asmartphone manufacturing company uses social media to achieve different business objectives. match each social media activity of the company to the objective it the company achieve.

What is one counter argument to the premise that the wealth gap is a serious problem which needs to be addressed?