Tyler, who runs his business in the united states, enters into a contract with abigail, a business owner in australia. tyler offers to sell factory equipment to abigail for $30,000. abigail responds that she will "take it, but you have to give me a warranty on top of it." under the 1980 convention on contracts for the international sale of goods (cisg), tyler and abigail have: a. no contract, because of the ucc. b. a contract for the factory equipment only. c. a contract for the factory equipment and the warranty. d. no contract, because of the mirror image rule.

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.