When a parent company pays less than book value for an investment in a subsidiary, the excess of book value over the cost of the investment should be used to lower the carrying value of the subsidiary's long-term assets (other than long-term marketable securities) in preparing the consolidated financial statements
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. noise B. decoder C. encoder D. sender
Learning is categorized into three types
a. knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes. b. knowledge, skills, and attitudes. c. attitudes, emotions, and goals. d. emotions, knowledge, and attitudes.
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. A decline in a firm's inventory turnover ratio suggests that it is improving both its inventory management and its liquidity position, i.e., that it is becoming more liquid. B. In general, it's better to have a low inventory turnover ratio than a high one, as a low one indicates that the firm has an adequate stock of inventory relative to sales and thus will not lose sales as a result of running out of stock. C. If a firm's fixed assets turnover ratio is significantly lower than the average for its industry, then it could be that the firm uses its fixed assets very efficiently or is operating at over capacity and should probably add fixed assets. D. The more conservative a firm's management is, the higher the firm's total debt to total capital ratio is likely to be. E. The days sales outstanding ratio tells us how long it takes, on average, to collect after a sale is made. The DSO can be compared with the firm's credit terms to get an idea of whether customers are paying on time.
Which of the following is true of retail advertising?
A. It is designed to stimulate demand for the general product class or an entire industry. B. It is done to build store traffic and sales. C. It is done by large companies on a nationwide basis or in most regions of the country. D. It is targeted at marketing channel members such as wholesalers, distributors, and suppliers. E. It takes the form of direct-response advertising.