Orleans Inc. was incorporated on January 1, 2012. Orleans issued 4,000 shares of common stock and 500 shares of preferred stock on that date. The preferred stock is cumulative, $100 par, with an 8% dividend rate. Orleans has not paid any dividends yet. In 2015, Orleans had its first profitable year, and on November 1, 2015, Orleans declared a total dividend of $28,000. Calculate the amount that will be paid out to a) preferred shareholders b)common shareholders Show your work.

Afirm wants to strengthen its financial position. which of the following actions would increase its current ratio? a. reduce the company's days' sales outstanding to the industry average and use the resulting cash savings to purchase plant and equipment.b. use cash to repurchase some of the company's own stock.c. borrow using short-term debt and use the proceeds to repay debt that has a maturity of more than one year.d. issue new stock, then use some of the proceeds to purchase additional inventory and hold the remainder as cash.e. use cash to increase inventory holdings.

Crowding out is a phenomenon focused upon most by the macroeconomists of whereby a government deficit interest rates, which in turn private investment spending. this group also believed that fiscal policy is the only thing that can lower natural unemployment. is just as effective in countering recessions as monetary policy. can be used most of the time, but monetary policy becomes a better option when velocity is fluctuating. should be used only if the central bank follows a monetary policy rule. faces problematic lags in propagating changes throughout the economy.

Which of the following is true about presentation methods for providing training? audiovisual techniques are most effective when they are used alone. mobile technologies include training methods such as on-the-job training, simulations, business games and case studies, behavior modeling, interactive video, and web-based training that require the trainee to be actively involved in learning. the typical users for teleconferencing include employees who are part of a workforce that spends most of its time traveling, visiting customers or various company locations and has limited time available to spend in traditional training activities. webcasting involves classroom instructions that are provided online through live broadcasts. classroom instruction is no longer a popular training method because of new technologies such as interactive video and computer-assisted instruction.