Cosmetics and drug manufacturers are constantly under criticism about cruelty to animals during testing from animal rights activists. Keeping this in mind, the public relations professional that Hanro Cosmetics hired advised them to donate five million dollars to the Blue Cross before it started testing its new range of cosmetics on animals. What was the PR professional essentially advising the company to do, and why

On february 10, 2014, after issuance of its financial statements for 2013, higgins company entered into a financing agreement with cleveland bank, allowing higgins company to borrow up to $6,000,000 at any time through 2016. amounts borrowed under the agreement bear interest at 2% above the bank's prime interest rate and mature two years from the date of loan. higgins company presently has $2,250,000 of notes payable with star national bank maturing march 15, 2014. the company intends to borrow $3,750,000 under the agreement with cleveland and liquidate the notes payable to star national bank. the agreement with cleveland also requires higgins to maintain a working capital level of $9,000,000 and prohibits the payment of dividends on common stock without prior approval by cleveland bank. from the above information only, the total short-term debt of higgins company as of the december 31, 2013 balance sheet date is