Cumulus Cloud Computing Services, Inc., suffers a security breach in its computer network. Before the company discovers the breach, the perpetrator obtains a large amount of confidential data, including corporate financial records, marketing plans, and other sensitive information. Has a crime been committed? If so, what are its elements? What steps might Cumulus take to ensure that going forward only authorized users access the data on its computers? Whose efforts—those of the federal government or Cumulus—are more important in securing the company’s computer infrastructure, and why?

Kando company incurs a $9 per unit cost for product a, which it currently manufactures and sells for $13.50 per unit. instead of manufacturing and selling this product, the company can purchase product b for $5 per unit and sell it for $12 per unit. if it does so, unit sales would remain unchanged and $5 of the $9 per unit costs assigned to product a would be eliminated. 1. prepare incremental cost analysis. should the company continue to manufacture product a or purchase product b for resale? (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Ds unlimited has the following transactions during august. august 6 purchases 58 handheld game devices on account from gamegirl, inc., for $140 each, terms 2/10, n/60. august 7 pays $340 to sure shipping for freight charges associated with the august 6 purchase. august 10 returns to gamegirl three game devices that were defective. august 14 pays the full amount due to gamegirl. august 23 sells 38 game devices purchased on august 6 for $160 each to customers on account. the total cost of the 38 game devices sold is $5,448.51. required: record the transactions of ds unlimited, assuming the company uses a perpetual inventory system. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

When the federal reserve buys and sells bonds to member banks, it is called a. monetary policy b. reserve ratio c. interest rate adjustment d. open market operations