Elaine wants to buy and operate an ice-cream truck but doesn’t have the financial resources to start the business. she borrows $10,000 from her friend george, to whom she promises an interest rate of 7 percent, and gets another $20,000 from her friend jerry, to whom she promises a third of her profits. what best describes this situation?
a. george is a stockholder, and elaine is a bondholder.
b. george is a stockholder, and jerry is a bondholder.
c. jerry is a stockholder, and elaine is a bondholder.
d. jerry is a stockholder, and george is a bondholder.

For the year ended december 31, a company has revenues of $323,000 and expenses of $199,000. the company paid $52,400 in dividends during the year. the balance in the retained earnings account before closing is $87,000. which of the following entries would be used to close the dividends account?

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?

What level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) is appropriate for the movie rating system that you see in tv guide?