Empirical Evidence Indicates That

question 217

Multiple Choice

Empirical evidence indicates that

• A) changes in the earth's cloud cover will clearly enhance the warming effects of carbon dioxide.
• B) the increase in carbon dioxide, over thousands of years, is clearly the cause of global warming.
• C) if global warming continues for another century, as most models forecast, the sea levels will clearly rise substantially, imposing costs much larger than the cost of preventing the warming.
• D) the earth has warmed a little more than one degree Fahrenheit in the past century.

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Shares Outstanding

The total number of shares of a corporation's stock that are owned by shareholders, including restricted shares.

Security

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Warrants

Financial derivatives that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a security at a specific price before a certain date.

Earnings Per Share

A company's profit divided by the number of outstanding shares of its common stock, indicating profitability.