There are four common ways of protecting personal assets: transfer to spouse, partnership
incorporation and insurance.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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Which of the following uses a customer-centered "sense-and-respond" philosophy rather than a product-centered "make-and-sell" philosophy?
A) market segmentation B) the production concept C) the marketing concept D) the inside-out perspective E) marketing myopia
Tesco was forced to restate its earnings for the first half of 2014 to 431 million USD because senior managers in the U.K. food business had booked income early and delayed the booking of costs in order to improve appearances of financial performance. This scandal results from ________ and ________.
A. leadership; financial systems B. poor governance; control C. external environmental factors; internal environmental factors D. poor environment; management systems
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Since companies can deduct dividends paid but not interest paid, our tax system favors the use of equity financing over debt financing, and this causes companies' debt ratios to be lower than they would be if interest and dividends were both deductible. B. Interest paid to an individual is counted as income for federal tax purposes and taxed at the individual's regular tax rate, which in 2018 could go up to 39.6%, but qualified dividends received are taxed at a maximum rate of 15% for most individuals. C. The maximum federal tax rate on corporate income in 2018 was 50%. D. Corporations obtain capital for use in their operations by borrowing and by raising equity capital, either by selling new common stock or by retaining earnings. The cost of debt capital is the interest paid on the debt, and the cost of the equity is the dividends paid on the stock. Both of these costs are deductible from income when calculating income for tax purposes. E. The maximum federal tax rate on personal income in 2018 was 50%.
Students in statistics classes were asked whether they preferred a 10-minute break or to allow them go out of class 10 minutes early. In a sample of 150 students, 40 preferred a 10-minute break, 80 preferred going out 10 minutes early, and 30 had no preference. We want to determine if there is a difference in students' preferences. The mean and the standard deviation, respectively, of the sampling distribution of the number of students who preferred going out early are
A. 50 and 30. B. 60 and 30. C. 50 and 5.477. D. 60 and 5.477.