All companies capitalize bond issue costs which are amortized over the life of the bond issue

Why would a company undertake a horizontal merger or acquisition?

A. To take advantage of synergies and potential market share gains. B. To increase synergies by merging firms that would be more efficient operating as one. C. To tap into a new market formerly unavailable to one of the companies.

Scale categories can be ________

A) assigned numerical values B) presented horizontally C) expressed by boxes D) expressed by discrete lines E) all of the above