Consider the following situation: kelly sanders owns verve, a high fashion boutique retailing in exclusive clothes, jewelry, and other accessories. verve also sells a select range of bags and shoes. kelly had to work very hard to find a niche among its elite clients. earlier, she used to have a personal rapport with each client, knew their taste, their shopping history at verve, and so on. however, the clientele of verve has grown so large that kelly is finding it difficult to keep track of her customers. kelly is concerned that this may negatively affect her business. you are a consultant specializing in business intelligence for small businesses. kelly has approached you with her problem. she mentions that she has all sorts of data in her sales database, but she doesn't know how to get out the information that she needs. in an essay, explain how kelly could use rfm and olap to make verve more successful.

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?

Wilson center is a private not-for-profit voluntary health and welfare entity. during 2017, it received unrestricted pledges of $638,000, 65 percent of which were payable in 2017, with the remainder payable in 2018 (for use in 2018). officials estimate that 14 percent of all pledges will be uncollectible. a. how much should wilson center report as contribution revenue for 2017? b. in addition, a local social worker, earning $20 per hour working for the state government, contributed 600 hours of time to wilson center at no charge. without these donated services, the organization would have hired an additional staff person. how should wilson center record the contributed service?

On april 1, the cash account balance was $46,220. during april, cash receipts totaled $248,600 and the april 30 balance was $56,770. determine the cash payments made during april.