Homeowners jim and lisa criss hired kevin pappas, doing business as outside creations, to undertake a landscaping project. kevin signed the parties' contract as "outside creations rep." the crisses made payments on the contract with checks payable to kevin, who deposited them in his personal account. there was no outside creations account. later, alleging breach of contract, the crisses filed a suit in a state court against pappas. the defendant contended that he could not be liable because the contract was not with him personally. he claimed that he was the agent of forever green landscaping and irrigation, inc., which had been operating under the name "outside creations" at the time of the contract and had since filed for bankruptcy. the crisses pointed out that the name "forever green" was not in the contract. should pappas be liable on this contract?

Reliable electric is a regulated public utility, and it is expected to provide steady dividend growth of 5% per year for the indefinite future. its last dividend was $6 per share; the stock sold for $50 per share just after the dividend was paid. what is the company’s cost of equity? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Roi analysis using dupont model. charlie? s furniture store has been in business for several years. the firm? s owners have described the store as a ? high-price, highservice? operation that provides lots of assistance to its customers. margin has averaged a relatively high 32% per year for several years, but turnover has been a relatively low 0.4 based on average total assets of $800,000. a discount furniture store is about to open in the area served by charlie? s, and management is considering lowering prices in order to compete effectively. required: a. calculate current sales and roi for charlie? s furniture store. b. assuming that the new strategy would reduce margin to 20%, and assuming that average total assets would stay the same, calculate the sales that would be required to have the same roi as they currently earned. c. suppose that you presented the results of your analysis in parts a and b of this problem to charlie, and he replied, ? what

Dyed-denim corporation is seeking to lower the costs of value creation and achieve a low-cost position. as a result, it plans to move its manufacturing plant from the u.s. to thailand, which based on company research, is the optimal location for production. this strategic move will most likely allow the company to realize