Grayson (single) is in the 24 percent tax rate bracket and has sold the following stocks in 2019: (Loss amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) Description Date Purchased Basis Date Sold Amount Realized Stock A 1/23/1995 $ 8,000 7/22/2019 $ 5,100 Stock B 4/10/2019 15,500 9/13/2019 19,330 Stock C 8/23/2017 12,625 10/12/2019 17,850 Stock D 5/19/2009 5,830 10/12/2019 13,525 Stock E 8/20/2019 7,825 11/14/2019 3,875(a) What is Grayson's net short-term capital gain or loss from these transactions?(b) What is Grayson's net long-term gain or loss from these transactions?(c) What is Grayson's overall net gain or loss from these transactions? (d) What amount of the gain, if any, is subject to the preferential rate for certain capital gains?

In march 2012, the state of california started requiring that all packaging for food and drink with the additive 4-methylimidazole (4-mi) be clearly labeled with a cancer warning. because of this, both pepsi and coke changed their formula to eliminate 4-mi as an ingredient. if pepsi and coke did not change their formula, holding all else constant, what would have happened to the demand for these goods, assuming pepsi and coke were in a competitive market? a. the demand curve for both pepsi and coke would have shifted to the right, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for the companies to fall. b. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have remained unchanged, but the price of both products would have decreased and the profits for the companies would have fallen. c. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have decreased, but the prices and profits would not have changed. d. the demand curve for only one of them would change because pepsi and coke are substitutes. e. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have shifted to the left, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for both companies to fall.