Potentially attractive options for allocating a diversified company's financial resources include all of the following, except: making acquisitions to establish positions in new businesses or to complement existing businesses selling all of the company's cash hog businesses and using the proceeds to acquire new cash cow businesses paying off existing long-term or short-term debt, increasing dividend payments to shareholders, building cash reserves, or repurchasing shares of the company's stock investing in ways to strengthen or grow existing businesses funding long-range r& d ventures aimed at opening market opportunities in new or existing businesses