A popular promotion at stores is "Buy One, Get One Free." Why do stores offer this deal to their customers? A. Stores promote the deal but make you pay for the second item anyway once you're at the cash register

B. Stores make money because you still have to pay taxes on the second item

C. Most stores are not trying to make a profit, so it doesn't matter if they give away free items

D. Great deals convince customers to buy things they don't need and stay loyal to the store or brand

All else being equal, which is true about a firm with high operating leverage relative to a firm with low operating leverage? select one: a. a higher percentage of the high operating leverage firm's costs are fixed. b. the high operating leverage firm is exposed to less risk. c. the debt payments limit the high operating leverage firm's opportunities to turn a big profit. d. the high operating leverage firm has more debt.

Consider the following limit order book for a share of stock. the last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $50. limit buy orders limit sell orders price shares price shares $49.75 500 $49.80 100 49.70 900 49.85 100 49.65 700 49.90 300 49.60 400 49.95 100 48.65 600 a. if a market buy order for 100 shares comes in, at what price will it be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. at what price would the next market buy order be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. if you were a security dealer, would you want to increase or decrease your inventory of this stock? increase decrease

Why has the free enterprise system been modified to include some government intervention?