Effects of errors on financial statementsfor a recent period, the balance sheet for costco wholesale corporation reported accrued expenses of $3,446 million. for the same period, costco reported income before income taxes of $3,197 million. assume that the adjusting entry for $3,446 million of accrued expenses was not recorded at the end of the current period. what would have been the income (loss) before income taxes?

answer; ///(d); determining who competes most closely   with whom evaluating whether industry driving forces and competitive pressure favor some strategic groups and hurt others, and ascertaining whether the profit potential of different strategic groups varies due to the strengths and weaknesses in each groups respective market positions;

the amount of money you earn by working is your income.

the percentage of people actively looking for a job is called unemployment.

credit history is used by lenders to determine whether you are a 'risky' person to give their money to.

having a short history provide very little data for the lenders. they wouldn't be able to determine your credit behavior from such a small samples. even if they are perfect.

having long credit history with few blemishes provide larger and more accurate data for the lenders to predict your credit behavior.