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2 1. What is the difference between authorized, issued and outstanding shares? 2. What is a Dividend? 3. Define each with respect to Dividends - Declaration date, Date of record, Date of payment 4. What are the benefits of Stock ownership ? 5. When you record a transaction for issue of shares what hits the Cash account - the fair market value or the par value? 6. What is a statement stockholders' equity ? Describe the information reported on this statement. 7. What is the earnings per share ratio and what does it measure