If the firm has earnings available to common shareholders, it has two choices of what to do with these earnings: it can either ________ or ________
A) pay dividends to the common shareholders; retain the earnings to finance future projects and investments.
B) pay dividends to the preferred shareholders; repurchase common stock.
C) pay dividends to the bondholders; retain the earnings to finance future projects and investments.
D) pay dividends to the common shareholders; pay dividends to the bondholders.
A
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