During 2018, Mayfair Enterprises had the following securities outstanding: 1. 250,000 shares of common stock with an average market price of $25 per share. 2. 9.5% convertible preferred, which had been sold at its par value of $100. The preferred stock is convertible into three shares of common stock and 3,000 preferred shares are currently outstanding. During 2018, Mayfair Enterprises earned net income after income taxes of $3.2 million. Calculate the (a) basic earnings per share and (b) diluted earnings per share for Mayfair Enterprises for 2018.

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position