January 1, 2018, Woody Forrest Corporation granted executive stock options to purchase 27,000 of its common shares at $7 each. The market price of common stock was $10 per share on December 31, 2018, and averaged $9 per share during the year then ended. There was no change in the 150,000 shares of outstanding common stock during the year. Net income for the year was $25,000. The number of shares to be used in computing diluted earnings per share for the quarter is

1.150,000
2.156,000
3.171,000
4.177,000

On coral island in 2012, the labor force is 12,000, the unemployment rate is 10 percent, and the labor force participation rate is 60 percent. during 2013, 200 unemployed people found jobs and the working-age population increased by 1,000. the total number of people in the labor force did not change. the working-age population at the end of 2013 was the unemployment rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal. the labor force participation rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal.

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?

River corp's total assets at the end of last year were $415,000 and its net income was $32,750. what was its return on total assets? a. 7.89%b. 8.29%c. 8.70%d. 9.14%e. 9.59%