When the stems of daffodils are cut, a sappy secretion will drip from the cut end; this secretion can harm other flowers in the same bucket or arrangement. to avoid this, a. never use daffodils with other flowers in arrangements. b. use cold water preservative solution in all arrangements with daffodils. c. plug the daffodil stems so that the secretion can't come out. d. allow daffodils to stand at room temperature in water for at least six hours after they're cut.

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

How many months does the federal budget usually take to prepare

Kelso electric is debating between a leveraged and an unleveraged capital structure. the all equity capital structure would consist of 40,000 shares of stock. the debt and equity option would consist of 25,000 shares of stock plus $280,000 of debt with an interest rate of 7 percent. what is the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options?