State which balance, debit, or credit is normally held by the following accounts:
a. cash dividends.
b. notes payable.
c. un-earned revenue.
d. cost of goods sold.
e. prepaid rent.
f. accounts receivable.
g. capital stock.

Following are the transactions for valdez services. the company paid $2,000 cash for payment on a 6-month-old account payable for office supplies. the company paid $1,200 cash for the just completed two-week salary of the receptionist. the company paid $39,000 cash for equipment purchased. the company paid $800 cash for this month’s utilities. the company paid $4,500 cash in dividends to the owner (sole shareholder). examine the above transactions and identify those that create expenses for valdez services. prepare general journal entries to record those transactions that created expenses in the above given order.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

Which of the following statements is (are) true? i. free entry to a perfectly competitive industry results in the industry's firms earning zero economic profit in the long run, except for the most efficient producers, who may earn economic rent. ii. in a perfectly competitive market, long-run equilibrium is characterized by lmc < p < latc. iii. if a competitive industry is in long-run equilibrium, a decrease in demand causes firms to earn negative profit because the market price will fall below average total cost.