In a sole proprietorship, the owner is: a Shielded from business debts and lawsuits against the company by the state. b Protected from business debts and lawsuits against the company. c Not liable for business debts and lawsuits against the company. d Liable for some, but not all, business debts and lawsuits against the company. be Personally liable for business debts and lawsuits against the company.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

China white was the black market selling of ivory, in which the profit was redistributed back into the trafficking of heroin.

Which best describes what financial planning skills ultimately enable an individual to do? to prepare for the future to determine lifetime income to determine the cost of living to learn from the past