With increasing frequency, companies engage in investment activities which may include acquisitions (both domestic and international). Each of the questions below relate to intercorporate investments. Each question is independent and should be answered separately. Number your responses to correspond with the number of each question. Each response should contain 4 to 6 well-articulated sentences. Any sources that are used to respond to the questions must be appropriately referenced. Note: The Codification may be used. 1. When we consider intercorporate investments, what is meant by significant influence imply regarding intercorporate investments? What are the accounting procedures for investments that are considered to have significant influence? 2. When an investor acquires more than 50% of the investee company's voting stock, what accounting method is used to account for the "control" that the investor has? Explain. 3. What is the objective of consolidating financial statements? 4. What are the limitations of presenting consolidated financial statements? Note: This is something that you may want to consider as you are providing concluding remarks for your project Just a thought