David Gain is the chief executive officer (CEo) of Forest Media Corp., which is interested in acquiring RS Communications, Inc. To initiate negotiations, Gain meets with RS's CEo, Gill Raz, on Friday, July 12. Two days later, Gain phones his brother, Mark, who buys 3,800 shares of RS stock on the following Monday. Mark discusses the deal with their father, Jordan, who buys 20,000 RS shares on Thursday. on July 25, the day before the RS bid is due, Gain phones his parents' home, and Mark buys another 3,200 RS shares. over the next few days, Gain periodically phones Mark and Jordan, both of whom continued to buy RS shares. on August 5, RS refuses Forest's bid and announces that it is merging with another company. The price of RS stock rises thirty percent, increasing the value of Mark's and Jordan's shares by nearly $660,000 and $400,000, respectively. Required:
a. Is Gain guilty of insider trading?
b. Could a court hold Gain liable? Why or why not?

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Jen left a job paying $75,000 per year to start her own florist shop in a building she owns. the market value of the building is $120,000. she pays $35,000 per year for flowers and other supplies, and has a bank account that pays 5 percent interest. what is the economic cost of jen's business?

Selected t-account balances for bloomfield company are shown below as of january 31, which reflect its accounting adjustments. the firm uses a calendar-year accounting period, but prepares monthly accounting adjustments.suppliesjan. 31 bal. 1,800 1,800 jan. 31 bal.supplies expensejan. 31 bal. 1,920 1,148 jan. 31 bal.prepaid insurancejan. 31 bal. 1,148 1,148 jan. 31 bal.insurance expensejan. 31 bal. 164 164 jan. 31 bal.wages payablejan. 31 bal. 1,400 1,400 jan. 31 bal.wages expensejan. 31 bal. 6,400 6,400 jan. 31 bal.truckjan. 31 bal. 17,376 17,376 jan. 31 bal.accumulated depreciation -truckjan. 31 bal. 5,068 5,068 jan. 31 bal.a. if the amount in supplies expense represents the january 31 adjustment for the supplies used in january, and $1,240 worth of supplies were purchased during january, what was the january 1 beginning balance of supplies? $answerb. the amount in the insurance expense account represents the adjustment made at january 31 for january insurance expense. if the original insurance premium was for one year, what was the amount of the premium, and on what date did the insurance policy start? amount of the premium $answerthe policy began on answerjune 1july 1august 1september 1october 1november 1 of the previous year.c. if we assume that no beginning balance existed in either in either wage payable or wage expense on january 1, how much cash was paid as wages during january? $answerd. if the truck has a useful life of four years (or 48 months), what is the monthly amount of depreciation expense, and how many months has bloomfield owned the truck? answermonths