The cockrell company learned that several other shippers in its hometown had customers located in the same market it serves.
with this information, cockrell company could find an advantage to investigate the potential of:

a. market area consolidation.
b. scheduled delivery consolidation.
c. pooled delivery consolidation.
d. all of these.

Aprice control is: question 1 options: a)a tax on the sale of a good that controls the market price.b)an upper limit on the quantity of some good that can be bought or sold.c)a legal restriction on how high or low a price in a market may go.d)control of the price of a good by the firm that produces it.

Bernard made a gift of $500,000 to his brother in 2014. due to bernard’s prior taxable gifts he paid $200,000 of gift tax. when bernard died in 2019, the applicable gift tax credit had increased. at bernard’s death, what amount related to the $500,000 gift to his brother is included in his gross estate?

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.