Medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s. c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract legally prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic. in an effort to expand their business, st. jude contacted hughes about joining them. hughes felt dissatisfied with conditions at medtronic, and so began negotiations with st. jude. hughes shared his current contract with st. jude's executives, who told him that his contract with medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job as a sales director at a significant higher salary. hughes accepted. medtronic filed a suit against st. jude, alleging wrongful interference. did wrongful interference occur and if so, which type of wrongful interference occurred?

James has set the goal of achieving all "a"s during this year of school.which term best describes this goal

Shelby company produces three products: product x, product y, and product z. data concerning the three products follow (per unit): product x product y product z selling price $ 85 $ 65 $ 75 variable expenses: direct materials 25.50 19.50 5.25 labor and overhead 25.50 29.25 47.25 total variable expenses 51.00 48.75 52.50 contribution margin $ 34.00 $ 16.25 $ 22.50 contribution margin ratio 40 % 25 % 30 % demand for the company’s products is very strong, with far more orders each month than the company can produce with the available raw materials. the same material is used in each product. the material costs $8 per pound, with a maximum of 4,400 pounds available each month. required: a. compute contribution margin per pound of materials used. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) contribution margin per pound product x $ product y $ product z $ b. which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for product x, for product y, or for product z? which orders second? third? product x product y product z

Connors academy reported inventory in the 2017 year-end balance sheet, using the fifo method, as $154,000. in 2018, the company decided to change its inventory method to lifo. if the company had used the lifo method in 2017, the company estimates that ending inventory would have been in the range $130,000-$135,000. what adjustment would connors make for this change in inventory method?