Suppose that U. S. Robotics is a company that uses robots to help drug dealers to "cook" crystal methamphetamine, an illegal drug. Chris works for Stephen under the original contract that states he will receive the stock if, after a year, Stephan is personally satisfied with his work. This time, happily, Stephen does not die. Suppose after a year of wonderful work Chris asks Stephen for his $1 million worth of Robotics stock but Stephen refuses to give it to him. 1. Will Stephen be able to withhold the stock based on Chris' performance?2. Does Stephen have any other arguments as to why the contract is unenforceable?

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $