Donald loses his job and decides to sit on the beach rather than look for work during the next few months. All other things being the same, the unemployment rate a. and the labor-force participation rate are both unaffected. b. is unaffected, and the labor-force participation rate decreases. c. increases, and the labor-force participation rate is unaffected. d. increases, and the labor-force participation rate decreases.

Last week paul, ceo of quality furniture in south carolina, traveled to europe to visit customers. while overseas, paul checked his e-mail daily and showed his company's website to customers, explaining how the website will them place orders and receive merchandise more quickly. after visiting the last customer friday morning, paul was able to return to the corporate office in south carolina to meet with his board of directors that night. is the "shrinking" of time and space with air travel and electronic media.

In 2015, lori assigned a paid-up whole life insurance policy to an irrevocable life insurance trust (ilit) for the benefit of her three children. the ilit contained a crummey provision for the benefit of each child. at the time of the transfer, the whole life insurance policy was valued at $200,000, and since lori had not made any other taxable gifts during her lifetime, she did not owe any gift tax. lori died in 2016, and the face value of the whole life insurance policy of $2,000,000 was paid to the ilit. regarding this transfer, how much is included in lori’s gross estate at her death?

If a business is in need of working capital, one option is to use a(n) that will buy the company's account receivables and then handle their collection for a fee.