Marshall tool and die would like to offer a special product to its most loyal customers. however, given its concerns with the fragile economy, marshall wants to limit its maximum potential loss on this product to the firm's initial investment in the project. marshall expects to sell the product to its loyal customers for $18.00 per unit. the product has a variable cost of $6.00 per unit. the fixed costs are estimated at $18,000, and the depreciation expense is $9,000. what is the minimum number of units the firm should pre-sell to ensure its potential loss does not exceed the desired level?

1,500 units
1,680 units
1,840 units
2,030 units
2,200 units

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Amanda works as an industrial designer

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?