After Much Anticipation a Company Releases a New Smartphone

question 45

Multiple Choice

After much anticipation a company releases a new smartphone.The smartphone doesn't work as well as expected and lacks many of the features buyers had been expecting.The unexpectedly negative reaction to the smartphone would

• A)raise the present value and the price of the corporation's stock.
• B)raise the present value and reduce the price of the corporation's stock.
• C)reduce the present value and the price of the corporation's stock.
• D)reduce the present value and raise the price of the corporation's stock.

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