Smith services, inc., was a trucking company established in 2000 and owned by tony smith as the sole shareholder. smith services, inc., had an account with laker express, a fuel provider, and often would charge fuel purchases for the company trucks to that account. smith’s employees would fuel their vehicles and sign the account slip with a notation that the purchase was for smith services, inc. laker express would bill smith services regularly for the charges on the account. after several months of low business, smith services ceased doing business and was dissolved in 2013, with its assets being distributed to creditors. laker express only recovered a small part of the amount owed by smith services, inc. tony smith then opened up a new trucking service business as a sole proprietor. laker express sought to recover smith services' unpaid fuel charges, which amounted to about $35,000, from smith. he argued that he was not personally liable for a corporate debt. should a court hold tony smith personally liable?

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Which of the following is not an example of one of the four mail advantages of prices on a free market economy

Zara, a global retail and apparel manufacturer based in spain that has successfully implemented this idea by having a continuous flow of new products that are typically limited in supply. zara has created a system that draws its clientèle into its stores, on average, 17 times per year as compared to 4 times per year for most stores. how is zara using it to gain competitive advantage? what specific technologies are used by zara to maintain this advantage over its competition?