Short-term investments: Select one: a. Are securities that management intends to convert to cash within the longer of one year or the current operating cycle, and are readily convertible to cash. b. Include funds earmarked for a special purpose such as bond sinking funds. c. Include stocks not intended to be converted into cash. d. Include bonds not intended to be converted into cash. e. Include sinking funds not intended to be converted into cash.

a. Are securities that management intends to convert to cash within the longer of one year or the current operating cycle.

Explanation:

Short term investments are those which are more liquid and readily convertible into cash within a short span of time usually in lesser than an year.

Examples of short term investments would be money market instruments, treasury bonds, marketable securities, commercial papers, certificate of deposits etc.

The purpose behind investing idle funds into such investments being that management may require such funds at any time to meet the working capital needs so these are readily available as per the need.

Also, these investments yield handsome return given the time period for which these are invested.

Investing in long term instruments such as debt would make it cumbersome to realize the money quickly as per need and those are less liquid.

The correct answer is: Private Limited Company

Explanation:

Shareholder s are usually classed as owners of a company because they invested in a company's shares so they also receive entitled portions of profits made by the company.

Private Limited Company :

Some of the noticeable descriptions of a private limited company are:

1. They are limited liability.

2. It allows accounts of the company which includes profits and losses to be made open.

3. The company would still be able to run without, or the demise of the founder.

4. The income of the company is credited to the company's account and not the individuals' account who started the business.

5. Shares of the company cannot be traded and cannot be sold in the open market which eases decision making as the maximum number of shareholders is 50 persons.

6. When it comes to losses, shareholders cannot lose more than the amount they personally invested in the company through shares.

7.  It requires a minimum number of two shareholders.