Robin is a human resource manager at Techtronic, a software company. She receives a call from an HR manager at another software company asking about Megan, a software engineer who used to work at Techtronic and has applied for a job at the caller's company. Robin checks the company's records and sees that a coworker had accused Megan of racial discrimination, but an investigation did not turn up any evidence to support the charge. Megan left the company two months later, saying she was no longer comfortable there. Robin is concerned about sharing the details of this situation with the caller. If telling the information to the caller leads to the other company not hiring Megan, what potentially unlawful behavior could Megan accuse Techtronic of engaging in?a. misappropriation b. fraudc. misrepresentationd. defamatione. negligence

Policymakers are provided data about the private and social benefits of a good being sold in the market. quantity private mb ($) social mb ($) 6 6 9 7 4 7 8 2 5 9 0 3 what is the size of the externality? if the externality is positive, enter a positive number. if negative, make it a negative number. $ given this data, policymakers must decide whether to address the associated externality with a subsidy or a tax. as their economic consultant, which of the two policy tools would you recommend? a subsidy a tax

Dan wants to start a supermarket in his hometown, and wants to get into the business only after finding out about the market and how successful his business might be. the best way for dan to gain knowledge is to:

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.