Archer Daniels Midland Co

question 55

Multiple Choice

Archer Daniels Midland Co.(ADM) is the world's largest cocoa-bean processor.It buys cocoa beans and converts them into cocoa powder and cocoa butter,which it then sells to companies like Hershey's that manufacture consumer products containing chocolate.ADM is operating in a(n) ________ market.

• A)consumer
• B)government
• C)industrial
• D)processor
• E)reseller

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Premium Amortization

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Straight-Line Method

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