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Which one of the following groups of characteristics defines skeletal muscle tissue?

[Green Trees] Keith, the president of Grow True Corporation, a company that provides landscaping services, wanted his corporation to purchase Grassroots Corporation, another corporation providing landscaping services. The board of Grassroots Corporation, however, did not wish to sell. The board of Grow True Corporation decided to buy any or all of Grassroots Corporation’s stock in order to gain control of Grassroots Corporation. The management of Grassroots Corporation and its board strongly objected to the attempt by Grow True Corporation to take over the company. Grow True Corporation offered to purchase stock held by Grassroots shareholders at a price substantially above the current market value of the stock. When that strategy was not wholly successful, Grow True Corporation offered to give shareholders of Grassroots Corporation stock in Grow True Corporation in return for their Grassroots Corporation stock. By offering to give shareholders in Grassroots Corporation stock in Grow True Corporation in return for shares of stock in Grassroots Corporation, Grow True Corporation made a[n] ____.

[Grooming Grievances] Andrew, Marie, and Cruz formed a partnership to groom dogs. Because they were good friends and anticipated making a profit sufficient to compensate all partners well, the articles of partnership did not allocate profit or losses. Marie was appointed managing partner. Unfortunately, the business did not go as well as expected and the partnership incurred some losses. Cruz claimed that he should not have to share in losses because he had groomed more dogs than anyone. Cruz also claimed that although the partnership did not reference compensation for additional duties, he was entitled to compensation because of his extensive work. Marie claimed that she should not have to share in losses because she contributed more capital than did either of the others. Andrew claimed that he should not have to cover the losses because both Marie and Cruz had been hiding the books from him. He demanded to inspect the books and also to review a listing of all partnership assets and profit statements listing distributions to partners. Marie and Cruz denied that they had been hiding the books and claimed complete innocence of any wrongdoing. Which of the following statements is correct regarding how the partnership losses would be allocated?

[Green Trees] Keith, the president of Grow True Corporation, a company that provides landscaping services, wanted his corporation to purchase Grassroots Corporation, another corporation providing landscaping services. The board of Grassroots Corporation, however, did not wish to sell. The board of Grow True Corporation decided to buy any or all of Grassroots Corporation’s stock in order to gain control of Grassroots Corporation. The management of Grassroots Corporation and its board strongly objected to the attempt by Grow True Corporation to take over the company. Grow True Corporation offered to purchase stock held by Grassroots shareholders at a price substantially above the current market value of the stock. When that strategy was not wholly successful, Grow True Corporation offered to give shareholders of Grassroots Corporation stock in Grow True Corporation in return for their Grassroots Corporation stock. By offering to give shareholders in Grassroots Corporation stock in Grow True Corporation in return for shares of stock in Grassroots Corporation, Grow True Corporation made a[n] ____.

The fraud triangle includes motive, opportunity, and rationalization

Which one of the following groups of characteristics defines skeletal muscle tissue?

These organelles, identifiable as pinwheel arrays of nine triplets of microtubules, function in organizing the mitotic spindle in cell division, and also form the structural basis of cilia and flagella. This definition fits that of ______________________.

[Corporate Death] Janelle is president and a large shareholder in RecyCALL, a corporation that sells used cellular telephones. Although the company was not insolvent, sales had been significantly down, and Janelle decided that it would be a good idea to discontinue the business. The board of directors agreed with her. The board members presented the proposal to discontinue the corporation to shareholders. Initially, Ahmed, a disgruntled shareholder, opposed ending the corporation. He claimed that the problem was that Janelle had done a poor job in management. Janelle planned to go forward with the termination of the company because a majority of the shareholders agreed. Ahmed, however, came around; and upon a second vote to discontinue the corporation, the vote was unanimous. Tony, a vice president of the corporation, was aware of a few outstanding debts owed by RecyCALL. He suggested hurrying along quietly with ending the corporation because any claims not made before the corporation was dissolved could be avoided. Janelle told him that she was not sure that was a good idea. Therefore, the company proceeded with all appropriate notifications. When the time came to liquidate the corporation, the members of the board did not want to participate. Janelle was concerned about what action to take at that point because she really wanted to be finished with RecyCALL. Which of the following should occur in the face of the board not wishing to be involved in liquidation proceedings?

[Gaming Merger] Calvin and Daniella each own 5% of GamePower, a video game design company. GamePower is seeking to merge with GameKing, and before a shareholder meeting, Calvin and Daniella email all other shareholders and corporate representatives about their disagreement with the proposed transaction. At the shareholder meeting, they vote against the merger with GameKing, but, 90% of the shareholders vote in favor of the merger. Calvin tells Daniella that it is not fair that they are forced to be part of GameKing. Daniella tells him they have no choice, so get used to it. If Calvin and Daniella cannot reach an agreement with the corporation, how is the value of their shares determined?

Ursula is an executive at a corporation. She becomes angry at her co-owners and begins making bad investments, buying up companies she thinks will soon go bankrupt. When she is sued for a breach of fiduciary duty, can the business judgment rule protect her?