On january 1, 2018, abc company acquired all of the common stock of xyz company for its underlying book value of $500,000. abc accounts for its investment in xyz using the equity method. information about the two companies as of the date of combination and for the years 2018 and 2019 is as follows. the entry to eliminate abc’s intercorporate ownership claim and xyz’s stockholders’ equity accounts as of the beginning of the period would include:

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Bulldog holdings is a u.s.-based consumer electronics company. it owns smaller firms in japan and taiwan where most of its cell phone technology is developed and manufactured before being released worldwide. which of the following alternatives to integration does this best illustrate? a. venture capitalism b. franchising c. joint venture d. parent-subsidiary relationship

Reagan corporation is a wholesale distributor of truck replacement parts. initial amounts taken from reagan's records are as follows: