Nina parkhurst owned a ranch and asked her son, doug boykin, to move to it and manage it for her. boykin and his wife moved to the ranch and managed it for several years. they talked with parkhurst many times, urging her to transfer 49 percent of the ranch to them. parkhurst said she had thought and talked about possibly transferring the ranch but had made no decision. the boykins claimed they were on the ranch under an oral contract with parkhurst and that the oral contract also entitled them to a 49 percent interest in the ranch. she sued them and asked the court to declare that there was no contract. was there a contract?

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?

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)

Which of the following occupations relate to a skill category of words and literacy