Parent Co. owns 90% of the 10,000 outstanding shares of Subsidiary Co.'s common stock on December 31, year 1. On that date, the stockholders' equity of Subsidiary was $150,000, consisting of $100,000 of no-par common stock and $50,000 of retained earnings. On January 2, year 2, Subsidiary issued 2,000 previously unissued shares for $24,000 to various outside investors. As a consequence of this transaction, Parent's ownership share was reduced to 75%. Which of the following correctly reports this transaction? a. Parent's investment in Subsidiary is reduced by $4,500.
b. Parent's investment in Subsidiary is increased by $3,000.
c. The consolidated income statement reports a loss of $7,500.
d. The consolidated income statement reports a gain of $4,000.

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?