Sam Watkins has invited all the members of his negotiation team and those of the other side for an evening of light conversation and good food at a local restaurant. In which of the following stages of a business negotiation would this form of behavior be proper?a) non-task sounding. b) task-related exchange of information.

What impact did the economic opportunities in pennsylvania and new york have on virginia? a. virginia planters started to migrate to new york. b. new yorkers began buying up cheap virginia real estate. c. virginians found themselves resorting increasingly to slavery. d. virginians loosened their slave laws to attract more migrants.

The sec has historically raised questions regarding the independence of firms that derive a significant portion of their total revenues from one audit client or group of clients because the sec staff believes this situation causes cpa firms to

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)