A small store on the Santa Fe plaza is open six days a week from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. The store usually has some type of sales promotion during the weekdays but rarely offers them on Saturdays. This promotional strategy is most likely because the owner wants to

"in my opinion, we ought to stop making our own drums and accept that outside supplier's offer," said wim niewindt, managing director of antilles refining, n.v., of aruba. "at a price of $21 per drum, we would be paying $4.70 less than it costs us to manufacture the drums in our own plant. since we use 70,000 drums a year, that would be an annual cost savings of $329,000." antilles refining's current cost to manufacture one drum is given below (based on 70,000 drums per year):

In each of the cases below, assume division x has a product that can be sold either to outside customers or to division y of the same company for use in its production process. the managers of the divisions are evaluated based on their divisional profits. case a b division x: capacity in units 200,000 200,000 number of units being sold to outside customers 200,000 160,000 selling price per unit to outside customers $ 90 $ 75 variable costs per unit $ 70 $ 60 fixed costs per unit (based on capacity) $ 13 $ 8 division y: number of units needed for production 40,000 40,000 purchase price per unit now being paid to an outside supplier $ 86 $ 74 required: 1. refer to the data in case a above. assume in this case that $3 per unit in variable selling costs can be avoided on intracompany sales. a. what is the lowest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the selling division? b. what is the highest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the buying division? c. what is the range of acceptable transfer prices (if any) between the two divisions? if the managers are free to negotiate and make decisions on their own, will a transfer probably take place?

Which of the following is/are required to be in writing under the ucc's statute of frauds? a. a $10,000 oral contract dealing with specially manufactured goods. b. a $550 oral contract dealing with unique goods. c. a $100,000 oral contract involving the lease of goods where the defendant admits the existence of the contract in court. d. a $12,000 oral contract where the seller ships the goods and the buyer takes possession of half of the goods. e. all of the above.