The company Ping Pong Ltd has a current account in the bank and approximately 33 cheques were withdrawn from the bank with the total amount of FJ$ 6.6 million. The money drawn bears the signature of Mr. X the managing director of the company who was authorized signatories to its cheques. The cheques are debited to the company current’s account but indeed the cheques were not drawn by the company. The signatures were not signed by Mr. X they were forged by an account clerk, Mr Z. Mr Z opened an account which name similar to Real Suppliers’ name and persuade Mr X to sign cheques in their favour by producing to him forged documents as evidence of transactions. i. Has the bank breached its duty of care to its customer, Ping Pong Ltd? ( 4 marks) ii. Has the customer breached its duty of care to its bank. (4 marks)

Frolic corporation has budgeted sales and production over the next quarter as follows. the company has 4100 units of product on hand at july 1. 10% of the next months sales in units should be on hand at the end of each month. october sales are expected to be 72000 units. budgeted sales for september would be: july august september sales in units 41,500 53,500 ? production in units 45,700 53,800 58,150

Four key marketing decision variables are price (p), advertising (a), transportation (t), and product quality (q). consumer demand (d) is influenced by these variables. the simplest model for describing demand in terms of these variables is: d = k – pp + aa + tt + qq where k, p, a, t, and q are constants. discuss the assumptions of this model. specifically, how does each variable affect demand? how do the variables influence each other? what limitations might this model have? how can it be improved?

On january 1, 2018, gless textiles issued $12 million of 9%, 10-year convertible bonds at 101. the bonds pay interest on june 30 and december 31. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 40 shares of gless’s no par common stock. bonds that are similar in all respects, except that they are nonconvertible, currently are selling at 99 (that is, 99% of face amount). century services purchased 10% of the issue as an investment. on january 1, 2018, gless textiles issued $12 million of 9%, 10-year convertible bonds at 101. the bonds pay interest on june 30 and december 31. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 40 shares of gless’s no par common stock. bonds that are similar in all respects, except that they are nonconvertible, currently are selling at 99 (that is, 99% of face amount). century services purchased 10% of the issue as an investment. 3. on july 1, 2023, when gless’s common stock had a market price of $33 per share, century converted the bonds it held. prepare the journal entries by both gless and century for the conversion of the bonds (book value method).