Bento cuisine is a lunch-cart business. it occupies a street corner in texarkana, a city that straddles the border of arkansas and texas. across the street – and across the state line, which runs down the middle of the street – is rico's tacos. the two businesses compete for customers. recently, bento has begun to suspect that rico's is engaging in competitive behavior that is illegal. bento's manager overheard several of rico's employees discussing these competitive tactics while on a break at a nearby starbucks. bento files a lawsuit against rico's in a federal court based on diversity jurisdiction.1.can rico's file a motion claiming that the federal court lacks jurisdiction over this dispute? 2.based on our discussion, can bento's mgr. testify about what he heard some of rico's employees say to one another while at the coffee shop?

Miko willingly admits that she is not an accountant by training. she is concerned that her balance sheet might not be correct. she has provided you with the following additional information. 1. the boat actually belongs to miko, not to skysong, inc.. however, because she thinks she might take customers out on the boat occasionally, she decided to list it as an asset of the company. to be consistent, she also listed as a liability of the corporation her personal loan that she took out at the bank to buy the boat. 2. the inventory was originally purchased for $27,500, but due to a surge in demand miko now thinks she could sell it for $39,600. she thought it would be best to record it at $39,600. 3. included in the accounts receivable balance is $11,000 that miko loaned to her brother 5 years ago. miko included this in the receivables of skysong, inc. so she wouldn’t forget that her brother owes her money. (b) provide a corrected balance sheet for skysong, inc.. (hint: to get the balance sheet to balance, adjust stockholders’ equity.) (list assets in order of liquidity.)

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?

T-comm makes a variety of products. it is organized in two divisions, north and south. the managers for each division are paid, in part, based on the financial performance of their divisions. the south division normally sells to outside customers but, on occasion, also sells to the north division. when it does, corporate policy states that the price must be cost plus 20 percent to ensure a "fair" return to the selling division. south received an order from north for 300 units. south's planned output for the year had been 1,200 units before north's order. south's capacity is 1,500 units per year. the costs for producing those 1,200 units follow