Brenden Industries has five strategic business units (SBUs)—petroleum extraction, groceries, jewelry, telecommunication, and oil clothing. The petroleum extraction unit is costing the company a huge amount of money. It has not earned any profit so far nor will it earn any profit in the future as the oil fields are diminishing and the company has a small share in this market. In the context of the BCG matrix, which of the following categories of SBUs best describes the petroleum extraction unit?

A) Stars
B) Cash cows
C) Question marks
D) Dogs

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.