Pug Corporation has 11,000 shares of $10 par common stock outstanding and 21,000 shares of $100 par, 5% noncumulative, nonparticipating preferred stock outstanding. Dividends have not been paid for the past two years. This year, a $165,000 dividend will be paid. What are the dividends per share for preferred and common, respectively

Is exploiting a distinctive competence or improving efficiency for competitive advantage. (a) cooptation (b) coalition (c) competitive intelligence (d) competitive aggression (e) smoothing

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

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?