Jack earns $90,000 while priscilla earns $130,000. a regressive social security tax of 5%, paid only up to $90,000, would mean that

(a) priscilla pays more tax dollars than jack.
(b) both pay the same amount of dollars in the tax but jack pays a lower tax rate.
(c) both pay the same amount of dollars in the tax and pay the same tax rate.
(d) both pay the same amount of dollars in the tax even though jack pays in a higher tax rate bracket.
(e) priscilla pays no taxes (income over $90,000) so the burden falls on jack.

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position

Each state’s organizational structure is guided by the federal government.true or false?