Labor hoarding refers to:

a. using less capital in production so that more workers will have jobs.
b. contractually preventing workers from obtaining jobs with competing firms.
c. continuing to employ workers during a recession to ensure they will be available in the recovery.
d. keeping workers in low-wage jobs in order to reduce labor costs.

Simon, aged 10, is invited to a classmate's birthday party at an exclusive ski resort on march 15th. the day will include 4 hours of snowboarding, lunch and birthday cake. simon's mother checks a box on the invitation that says "yes, we will attend" and returns it to the classmate's address. unfortunately, they later don't attend the party when simon comes down with the flu. on march 17th, simon's mother receives an invoice in the mail from simon's classmate for $35 that says, "party no-show fee." can simon's classmate collect the fee?

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.

Oliver queen buys 100 shares of stock in green arrow archery corporation, a publicly traded company with which he is not affiliated as a director, officer, or employee. he then sells his 100 shares to john diggle. the sec sues oliver because he didn't register the sale of stock to john. who wins? oliver, because the sale falls into the nonissuer exemption oliver, because the sale falls into the private placement exemption the sec, because the transaction is not exempt from registration the sec, because even exempt transactions must be registered with the sec