Farmer corp. owned 20,000 shares of eaton corp. purchased in 2007 for $240,000. on december 15, 2010, farmer declared a property dividend of all of its eaton corp. shares on the basis of one share of eaton for every 10 shares of farmer common stock held by its stockholders. the property dividend was distributed on january 15, 2011. on the declaration date, the aggregate market price of the eaton shares held by farmer was $400,000. assuming that eaton shares have not been market to market since acquisition, the entry to record the declaration of the dividend would include a:
a. credit to retained earnings of $240,000.
b. debit to retained earnings of $160,000.
c. credit to retained earnings of $240,000.
d. debit to retained earnings of $400,000.

The amberssen specialty company is a chain of twelve retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the toronto area. amberssen has an is staff of three people who have created a simple but effective information system of networked point-of-sale registers at the stores and a centralized accounting system at the company head- quarters. harry hilman, the head of amberssens is group, has just received the following memo from bill amberssen, sales director (and son of amberssen’s founder). harry—it’s time amberssen specialty launched itself on the internet. many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be there too. i project that we could double or triple our annual revenues by selling our products on the internet. i’d like to have this ready by - giving, in time for the prime holiday gift-shopping season. bill after pondering this memo for several days, harry scheduled a meeting with bill so that he could clarify bill’s vision of this venture. using the standard con- tent of a system request as your guide, prepare a list of questions that harry needs to have answered about this project.

Wallace company provides the following data for next year: month budgeted sales january $120,000 february 108,000 march 140,000 april 147,000 the gross profit rate is 35% of sales. inventory at the end of december is $29,600 and target ending inventory levels are 10% of next month's sales, stated at cost. what is the amount of purchases budgeted for january?

By 2020, automobile market analysts expect that the demand for electric autos will increase as buyers become more familiar with the technology. however, the costs of producing electric autos may increase because of higher costs for inputs (e.g., rare earth elements), or they may decrease as the manufacturers learn better assembly methods (i.e., learning by doing). what is the expected impact of these changes on the equilibrium price and quantity for electric autos?