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[Car Repair] Gordon and Leo are partners in SafeT Car, a full service automotive repair company. Leo does nearly all of the day-to-day work as Gordon is thinking about retiring. When Leo was moving a customer’s car last week, he accidentally collided with the garage door, and the door had to be replaced at a cost of $6,000. Leo recently met with BigBox stores about a potential deal by which BigBox would set up a SafeT Car shop in every BigBox store nationwide. Leo signed an agreement to open a “test” store in one BigBox store. Leo hasn’t told Gordon yet, because Gordon hasn’t been in the office in a month. Gordon opens The Oil Place, an express oil change company, which he plans to have his sons operate in his retirement. When Leo learns about The Oil Place, he threatens to sue Gordon for breach of duty because Leo is sick of doing all the work at SafeT Car while Gordon was apparently opening a competing business. Gordon tells Leo that he hasn’t breached any duty and they don’t have a written agreement that restricts Gordon from opening his own store with his sons. Gordon also tells Leo that the $6,000 for the damaged door is coming out of Leo’s pocket. Leo, who’s thinking about the potential deal about BigBox, tells Gordon he wants to split up the partnership. Is Leo liable to the partnership for the $6,000 repair?

[Tutoring Concerns] André and Sasha want to go into business together and plan on offering a tutoring service to high school and college students. André proposes that they share control of the business and split profits equally and not bother with a written agreement. Sasha, however, is concerned about being able to pay their debts, since they will have to rent tutoring space, and purchase computers and supplies. She is also concerned about parents and students who may sue if their test scores do not improve. She tells André that she just bought a new boat and car, and that she does not want her assets to be in jeopardy. She tells André that they should form a corporation to shield their personal assets. André, however, tells Sasha that their personal assets are not in danger with his proposal because they are a business and that, furthermore, forming a corporation would result in a tax being imposed twice. What type of arrangement did André propose when he suggested that they share control of the business and split profits equally, not bothering with a written agreement?

Skin oil gland

Red birth mark

__________ replicates itself before cell division, ensuring that the genetic information of the descendant cells is identical.

Another name for stretch marks

Sweat gland

Crenation (shrinking) is likely to occur in red blood cells immersed in __________________________. 

__________ replicates itself before cell division, ensuring that the genetic information of the descendant cells is identical.

[Machine Malfunction] Michael, the president of a health club operation called Head-to-Toe Health Club, convinced the board of directors to approve a large purchase of a certain fitness machine called “Perfect Body.” Michael had carefully investigated the machine and did a presentation to the board on its purported benefits. Unfortunately, after the purchase, it was announced that “Perfect Body” was actually a very dangerous machine that should not be used. The manufacturer of “Perfect Body” went bankrupt, and Head-to-Toe lost $200,000 on the purchase of the machines. The shareholders are furious and want to sue Michael and the directors. In an attempt to appease the ring leader of the shareholders, Simone, the board of directors agrees to allow her to purchase stock of the company at below its fair market value. Simone purchases a considerable amount of stock on that basis, but says that the shareholders plan to continue with an action against Michael and the board members. Stock such as that issued to Simone is called which of the following?