Cougar Corp. purchased 200 units of inventory for $15 per item on July 20. On July 31, the items were made obsolete by a newly released product. The effect of this change caused the items purchased on July 20 to only be worth $8. What amount would Cougar Corp. report on its financial statements related to this inventory

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?