Which of the following is not a potential cash inflow not covered by collections in the firm's cash budget? Select one: a. A customer who has been considered "bad debt" paying what is owed to bring their account current. b. Proceeds from fixed asset sales c. Proceeds from stock and bond sales. d. A court settlement that provides payments for patent infringement e. Dividend income from owning securities in another company In the early stages of an initial public offering, a firm going public Select one: a. approaches an investment bank and forms the underwriting syndicate before shareholder approval is required for the initial public offering. b. the syndicate of underwriters will develop as a group of several underwriters with no one firm serving as a lead underwriter. c. is required to receive approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public before shareholders and management can produce a registration statement for the company's stock d. will be subject to a thorough examination of the firm's financials and place in the market by the underwriting syndicate e. will often select the underwriting investment banks based on which investment banks ask to take the firm public