Steelmakers inc. (smi) is in urgent need of senior sales executives. sales have declined in the last three quarters while the market share of their leading competitor, steelworld, has steadily increased. smi has realized that they are losing out not because of inferior products, but because they have not been able to pitch their products as well as steelworld. after careful observation of the sales efforts of the latter, the smi management has decided to offer extremely lucrative, hard to refuse, deals to one or two selected members of steelworld's sales team. which of the following modes of sourcing is smi using in this case?
a. pull-up hire
b. employee referrals
c. ambushing
d. poaching

If a seller prepaid the taxes of $4,400 and the closing is set for may 19, using the 12 month/30 day method what will the buyer owe the seller as prorated taxes?

Jason started last week with $900 in his checking account. during the week, he wrote the checks below. at the end of the week, jason received a paycheck for $534.59. he recorded all of these transactions in his check register. trans typ./ check no. date description of transaction payment/ debit deposit/ credit (+) balance 900 00 241 12/4 miller's food market 53.21 53 21 groceries 846 79 242 12/7 frank's auto parts 24.05 24 05 oil and filter 822 74 243 12/8 mike's barber shop 15.00 15 00 haircut 807 74 deposit 12/9 paycheck 534.59 534 59 1,342 33 evaluate jason's check register. a. jason did a good job; everything is correct. b. the final balance is wrong; jason did not add everything correctly. c. jason should have written debit instead of deposit for the transaction type. d. jason entered the amount for his paycheck in the wrong column.

On january 1, year 1, purl corp. purchased as a long-term investment $500,000 face amount of shaw, inc.’s 8% bonds for $456,200. the bonds were purchased to yield 10% interest. the bonds mature on january 1, year 6, and pay interest annually on january 1. purl uses the effective interest method of amortization. what amount (rounded to nearest $100) should purl report on its december 31, year 2, balance sheet for these held-to-maturity bonds?