Ben files a suit in a federal district court against cathy. cathy loses the suit, appeals to the u. s. court of appeals for the second circuit, and loses again. cathy asks the united states supreme court to hear the case. the court agrees to hear the case. this means that a. cathy’s petition does not raise a possibility of an important constitutional question. b. the amount in controversy in cathy’s suit is > $100,000. c. the court feels that the lower courts’ judgments were erroneous. d. at least four justices approve of hearing the case.

Evan company reports net income of $232,000 each year and declares an annual cash dividend of $100,000. the company holds net assets of $2,130,000 on january 1, 2017. on that date, shalina purchases 40 percent of evan's outstanding common stock for $1,066,000, which gives it the ability to significantly influence evan. at the purchase date, the excess of shalina’s cost over its proportionate share of evan’s book value was assigned to goodwill. on december 31, 2019, what is the investment in evan company balance (equity method) in shalina’s financial records?

Amanufacturer has paid an engineering firm $200,000 to design a new plant, and it will cost another $2 million to build the plant. in the meantime, however, the manufacturer has learned of a foreign company that offers to build an equivalent plant for $2,100,000. what should the manufacturer do?

Which of these is an example of innovation?