Group life insurance policies include a probationary period requiring new employees to wait a certain time before they can enroll in the plan. How long is the typical range for these probationary periods?

Method of accounting for investment holdings of 20 percent or more (investments in which the investor and the investee acknowledge a substantive economic relationship). The investor records the investment at cost but adjusts the amount each period for changes in the investee's net assets. That is, the investor's proportionate share of the earnings (losses) of the investee periodically increase (decrease) the investment's carrying value. All dividends received by the investor from the investee decrease the investment's carrying amount.

(a) underlying (b) forward contract (c) controlling interest (d) equity method

________ provides a measure of marketing profits that demonstrates how much the company's investment in marketing and sales contributes to company profits

A) Return on equity B) Marketing ROS C) Net marketing contribution D) Marketing ROI E) Sales-to-assets ratio