Demilo, inc., owns 100 percent of the 40,000 outstanding shares of ricardo, inc. demilo currently carries the investment in ricardo account at $490,000 using the equity method. ricardo issues 10,000 new shares to the public for $15.75 per share. how does this transaction affect the investment in ricardo account that appears on demilo’s financial records?

Bella is the new president of first edition, a group dedicated to the promotion of english literacy in first-generation immigrant communities. in the two years that have passed since bella took the position, the organization's members have become more passionate about their mission and intensified their activities—they put in long hours teaching children to read, promoting the program to parents, and soliciting donations. bella's strength is in her ability to inspire others and make them believe that they are part of something greater than themselves. which term best captures bella's leadership style? a. transactional b. transformational c. legitimate authority d. absolute authority

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

Hundreds of a bank's customers have called the customer service call center to complain that they are receiving text messages on their phone telling them to access a website and enter personal information to resolve an issue with their account. what action should the bank take?