anyone know how to do these: never seen these ever... hoping to use answers as a foundation.

1. Purchased 40,000 shares of Retriever Company. The company purchased the
shares for $600,000. Retriever Company has 100,000 shares issued and
outstanding.
2. The company purchased five year 5% bonds from Jack Russell Corporation
with a face value of $100,000, with a 8% yield. The bonds were designated as
held-to-maturity investments. The bond pays interest semi-annually on
November 1st and May 1st.
3. The company purchased 1,200 shares of Husky Inc. at a cost of $6.50
per share. $150 commission was paid. These shares were designated
available-for-sale securities.
4. The company sold 2,500 shares of Chow Chow Inc. for $11.00 per share. This
transaction had brokerage fees of $550.
5. The company purchased 600 common shares of Labrador Inc. for $12 per
share plus brokerage fees of $150. These shares are expected to be sold
within the next operating cycle.
6. Received interest on bonds.
7. Sold 1,500 shares of Boxer Inc. for $21.00 per share.
8. The company paid $600 in broker fees for the sale of shares made on Jan 5.
9. Received a dividend of $0.25 per share on Poodle Inc. shares.
10. Received a dividend of $0.30 per share on Retriever Company shares.

Does anyone know a website where I can learn these... don't want to come off like I want you to do my homework... please let me know if you know any websites?

Thanks

You're saying your book doesn't show how to do these?

You've got too many different type of things going on here. Plus there's some info missing. The two sites I link to all the time don't even have this stuff, so I'm trying to find it.

The first one is a 40% interest and therefore an equity method.
How to Use The Equity Method of Accounting For Investments in Common Stock | eHow.com (http://www.ehow.com/how_4450893_use-equity-method-accounting-investments.html)

You've got available-for-sale stuff. You've got bonds, which involves a yield different from the contract rate, and could be between interest periods for all I know. You've got sales, that likely involve gains or losses. Well, I'll just try to search all this junk and see what I come up with. I'm not going to find any one thing that goes over all of this.

Accounting Principles II: Accounting for Debt Securities - CliffsNotes (http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Accounting-for-Debt-Securities.topicArticleId-21248,articleId-21200.html)
Accounting Principles (http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:5fG5jzGY3R4J:higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/weygandt/0471448575/ppt/ch17.ppt+accounting+for+short-term+investments&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us)

That's all I'm finding at the moment. I'm just googling, which you could do. You might want to take this one thing at a time, and just ask questions about that one thing.