In the spring of 2008, senators john mccain and hillary clinton proposed a temporary elimination of the federal gasoline tax, effective only during the summer of 2008, in order to consumers deal with high gasoline prices.
(a) during the summer, when gasoline demand is high because of vacation driving, gasoline refiners are operating near full capacity and cannot easily adjust their production.
b. in light of this, who do you predict would benefit from the temporary gas tax holiday?

You work as the sales manager for a company that sells office supplies to businesses of all sizes. because the profit margins are razor-thin, you need to ensure that you are getting the very best prices on paper, pencils, pens, post-it notes, and other office supplies from the manufacturers. when reviewing the quarterly profit statement, you realize that your costs are higher than they should be, and you trace the higher costs back to an employee who has been lax about getting competitive bids to ensure the lowest prices. when you conduct your research to determine the reason for the higher costs, and take action to bring those costs back down, in which of the key management processes are you taking part?

Which of the following statements is not correct? the stock of publicly owned companies must generally be registered with and reported to a regulatory agency such as the sec. when stock in a closely held corporation is offered to the public for the first time, the transaction is called "going public, or an ipo," and the market for such stock is called the new issue or ipo market. "going public" establishes a firm's true intrinsic value and ensures that a liquid market will always exist for the firm's shares. if you wanted to know what rate of return stocks have provided in the past, you could examine data on the dow jones industrial index, the s& p 500 index, or the nasdaq index.

Motonous corporation has completed its fiscal year and reported the following information. the company had current assets of $153,413, net fixed assets of $ 412,331, and other assets of $7,822. the firm also has current liabilities worth $65,314, long-term debt of $178,334, and common stock of $162,000. how much retained earnings does the firm have?