The Uniform Securities Act is designed to protect the general public and not restrict investment activities of institutional or professional investors. Any offer or sale to any of the following would be considered exempt from the registration and advertising filing requirements of the USA EXCEPT:- A) savings institutions B) broker-dealers C) chief executive officers of companies listed on the NYSE D) banks

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen