Kramer Inc. had 95 million shares of common stock, 1 million shares of 6%, $100 par, cumulative preferred stock, and 1 million shares of 8%, $100 par, noncumulative preferred stock outstanding at the end of 2020 and 2021. No dividends were declared or paid on common stock in either year. In 2021, a $3 million dividend was paid on the 6% preferred stock and a $4 million dividend was paid on the 8% preferred stock. Net income for 2021 was $300 million. The company's tax rate is 25%. Required: Compute basic earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2021

Wallis company manufactures only one product and uses a standard cost system. the company uses a predetermined plantwide overhead rate that relies on direct labor-hours as the allocation base. all of the company's manufacturing overhead costs are fixed—it does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs. the predetermined overhead rate is based on a cost formula that estimated $2,886,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead for an estimated allocation base of 288,600 direct labor-hours. wallis does not maintain any beginning or ending work in process inventory.

Google started as one of many internet search engines, amazon started as an online book seller, and ebay began as a site where people could sell used personal items in auctions. these firms have grown to be so large and dominant that they are facing antitrust scrutiny from competition regulators in the us and elsewhere. did these online giants grow by fairly beating competition, or did they use unfair advantages? are there any clouds on the horizon for these firms -- could they face diseconomies of scale or diseconomies of scope as they continue to grow? if so, what factors may limit their continued growth?

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