involve(s) planning, organizing, directing, and controlling a company's resources so that it can achieve its goals.

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?

Melissa buys an iphone for $240 and gets consumer surplus of $160. a. what is her willingness to pay? b. if she had bought the iphone on sale for $180, what would her consumer surplus have been?

Bruce matthews played football for the tennessee titans. as part of his contract, he agreed to submit any dispute to arbitra- tion. he also agreed that tennessee law would determine all matters related to workers' compensation. after matthews retired, he filed a workers' compensation claim in california. the arbitrator ruled that matthews could pursue his claim in california but only under tennessee law. should this award be set aside?