A corporation with common stock outstanding declares a nontaxable dividend payable in rights to subscribe to common stock on June 30 of the current year. Each right entitles the holder to purchase one share of stock for $90. One right is issued for every share of stock owned. Nexsen owns 100 shares of stock purchased ten years ago for $4,500. At the time of the distribution of the rights, the market value of the common stock is $135 per share, and the market value of the rights is $18 per right. Nexsen receives 100 rights. On September 30, he exercises 75 of the rights and sells the remaining 25 rights for $22 per right. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. If Nexsen does not allocate his original stock basis to the rights, his basis of the new stock is $ . The holding period of the new stock begins on the date . The sale of the rights produces capital gain of $

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

Which ranks these careers that employers are most likely to hire from the least to the greatest?