Tim, a real estate investor, Ken, a dealer in securities, and Hardware, Incorporated, a retail lumber store, form a partnership called HKT, LP. HKT is in the home-building business. Tim recently purchased his interest in HKT, while the other partners purchased their interests several years ago. During X3, HKT reports a $12,000 gain from the sale of a stock in a wholesale lumber company it purchased in X1 for investment purposes. Which of the following statements best represents how their portion of the gain should be reported to the partner? a. Tim- Short-term Capital Gain
b. Ken-Ordinary Income
c. Hardware Inc.-Long-term Capital Gain
d. All of the above are correct
e. None of the above is correct

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Aproduct has a demand of 4000 units per year. ordering cost is $20, and holding cost is $4 per unit per year. the cost-minimizing solution for this product is to order: ? a. 200 units per order. b. all 4000 units at one time. c. every 20 days. d. 10 times per year. e. none of the above

Suppose the production function in an economy is y = k0.5l0.5, where k is the amount of capital and l is the amount of labor. the economy begins with 64 units of capital and 16 units of labor. use a calculator and equations in the chapter to find a numerical answer to each of the following questions. what are the wage and the rental price of capital? the wage is equal to unit(s) of output and the rental price of capital is equal to unit(s) of output.