Choose the word or phrase in [ ] which will correctly complete the statement. Select A for the first item, B for the second item, and C if neither item will correctly complete the statement. Ownership in a corporation would be represented by [stock | bonds].

Total government spending is determined by ________

A) legal treatises B) marketing efforts C) elected officials D) court rulings E) technology needs

The marketplace for computer hardware

A) has become increasingly concentrated in top firms. B) has expanded to include a wide variety of start-up and mobile-computing firms. C) has moved significantly to Asian firms. D) has been decimated by mobile and cloud computing. E) has begun moving away from blade servers.