Which of the following costs of a business combination can be deducted from the value assigned to paid-in capital in excess of par? a. Direct and indirect acquisition costs. b. Direct acquisition costs. c. Direct acquisition costs and stock issue costs if stock is issued as consideration. d. Stock issue costs if stock is issued as consideration.

Explains how the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) helps to determine the performance of the company's shares.

Long-term investments that involve the purchase of a significant portion of the stock of another company may be held for a strategic purpose, such as O a. the receipt of dividends O b. the receipt of interest revenue O c. the gains from the increase in market value O d. expansion into new markets

When a plant asset is acquired by issuance of common stock, the cost of the plant asset is properly measured by the: par value of the stock stated value of the stock book value of the stock market value of the stock