Small athletic shoe manufacturers such as Vans have targeted niche markets and made shoes designed to satisfy the needs of different specific groups of customers. This strategy is an example of:

In 2015, lori assigned a paid-up whole life insurance policy to an irrevocable life insurance trust (ilit) for the benefit of her three children. the ilit contained a crummey provision for the benefit of each child. at the time of the transfer, the whole life insurance policy was valued at $200,000, and since lori had not made any other taxable gifts during her lifetime, she did not owe any gift tax. lori died in 2016, and the face value of the whole life insurance policy of $2,000,000 was paid to the ilit. regarding this transfer, how much is included in lori’s gross estate at her death?

Omnidata uses the annualized income method to determine its quarterly federal income tax payments. it had $100,000, $50,000, and $90,000 of taxable income for the first, second, and third quarters, respectively ($240,000 in total through the first three quarters). what is omnidata's annual estimated taxable income for purposes of calculating the third quarter estimated payment?

When it is 4: 00 a. m. in halifax, it is 1: 00 p. m. in karachi, and when it is 9: 00 a. m. in karachi, it is 5: 00 a. m. in warsaw. mary left halifax to fly to karachi, but she accidentally left her watch on warsaw time. according to mary’s watch, she left halifax at 9: 40 p. m. on monday. the local time when she arrived at karachi was 3: 00 p. m. tuesday. how long was mary’s flight? a. 9 hours, 20 minutes b. 13 hours, 20 minutes c. 14 hours, 20 minutes d. 17 hours, 20 minutes