A marketer of fine French cognac offers a fancy cigar ashtray to persons who correctly solve a crossword puzzle and mail it in. This is an example of a trade promotion

On August 19, 2004 Google IPO offered 19,605,052 shares at a price of U.S. $85 per share, which were sold in an online auction in a bid to make the shares more widely available

Which of the following statements best describes why these are considered a primary market transaction? A) The transaction was between the corporation and investors. B) Shares of Google from this time onward could be traded between investors on a stock exchange. C) The shares were the first to be privately issued by Google. D) Google was at the time a recently founded company seeking capital with which to expand.

When input prices are increasing, companies that use the LIFO method of accounting for inventory will report

a. Lower cost of goods sold amounts in comparison to the FIFO method b. Higher sales amounts in comparison to the FIFO method c. Higher ending inventory amounts in comparison to the FIFO method d. Lower gross profit margins in comparison to the FIFO method