Bugle Corp. approved a plan of merger with Stanley Corp. One of the determining factors in approving the merger was the strong financial statements of Stanley which were audited by Dennis & Co., CPAs. Bugle had engaged Dennis to audit Stanley's financial statements. While performing the audit, Dennis failed to discover certain instances of fraud which have subsequently caused Bugle to suffer substantial losses. In order for Dennis to be liable under common law, Bugle, at a minimum, must prove that Dennis: Failed to exercise due care.

Acted recklessly or with lack of reasonable grounds for belief.

Was grossly negligent.

Knew of the instances of fraud.

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)

Consider a consumer who is contemplating a new automobile purchase. she has narrowed her decision down to two brands, honda accord and ford taurus. she has identified gas mileage, price, warranty, and styling to be important attributes to consider in her decision

Which of the following is true of website content? it should be refreshed periodically to keep customers coming back. once the content has been written and proofread it shouldn't be changed. grammatical errors are not a problem because the customer visits the site to purchase a product, not check the site's grammar. it should be limited to text and shouldn't include multimedia.