Ron dexter is engaged in the business of towing and storing vehicles. on february 14, 2008, the police recovered a stolen automobile and had it stored at dexter’s lot. the legal owner of the car, outback insurance company, learned that the automobile, valued at $11,350, was located at dexter’s facility on may 8, 2008, but took no action to take possession of the vehicle. on july 12, 2008, dexter discovered that outback owned the automobile. on july 15, 2008, dexter gave written notice to outback that the car was at his storage facility. he enclosed a bill for storage fees at the rate of $30 a day. outback refused to pay the fees. on july 10, 2009, outback sued to take possession of the car. dexter released the car to outback on july 17, 2009, but sued outback to recover $15,510 in storage fees. is outback obligated to pay $15,510 to dexter for the storage of the vehicle? discuss fully why or why not. what legal theories are at issue? (post is due before 11 pm saturday. comment to classmate post is due before 11pm sunday.)

Medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic. hughes sought a position as a sales director for st. jude. st. jude told hughes that his contract with medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. hughes accepted. medtronic filed a suit, alleging wrongful interference. which type of interference was most likely the basis for this suit? did it occur here? medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic

An important application of regression analysis in accounting is in the estimation of cost. by collecting data on volume and cost and using the least squares method to develop an estimated regression equation relating volume and cost, an accountant can estimate the cost associated with a particular manufacturing volume. consider the following sample of production volumes and total cost data for a manufacturing operation. production volume (units) total cost ($) 400 4000 450 5000 550 5400 600 5900 700 6400 750 7000 compute b 1 and b 0 (to 2 decimals if necessary). b 1 b 0 complete the estimated regression equation (to 2 decimals if necessary). = + x what is the variable cost per unit produced (to 1 decimal)? $ compute the coefficient of determination (to 4 decimals). note: report r 2 between 0 and 1. r 2 = what percentage of the variation in total cost can be explained by the production volume (to 2 decimals)? % the company's production schedule shows 500 units must be produced next month. what is the estimated total cost for this operation (to 2 decimals)? $

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