July 15 Declared a cash dividend payable to common stockholders of $165,000.August 15 Date of record is August 15 for the cash dividend declared on July 15.August 31 Paid the dividend declared on July 15. Prepare journal entries to record the above transactions for Emerson Corporation

Astudent finds data on an internet site that contains financial information about selected companies. he plans to analyze the data and use the results to develop a stock investment strategy. what kind of data source is he using? what concerns might you have about drawing conclusions from this data set?

Acountry has reached a level of economic development where the manufacturing of both semidurable and nondurable consumer goods has just begun. also, the goods demanded relate to equipment and supplies to support manufacturing. in which stage of rostow’s five-stage model of economic growth does the country fit?

How should the environmental effects be dealt with when evaluating this project? the environmental effects should be ignored since the plant is legal without mitigation. the environmental effects should be treated as a sunk cost and therefore ignored. if the utility mitigates for the environmental effects, the project is not acceptable. however, before the company chooses to do the project without mitigation, it needs to make sure that any costs of "ill will" for not mitigating for the environmental effects have been considered in the original analysis. the environmental effects should be treated as a remote possibility and should only be considered at the time in which they actually occur. the environmental effects if not mitigated would result in additional cash flows. therefore, since the plant is legal without mitigation, there are no benefits to performing a "no mitigation" analysis.