Heather Gamble entered a Dollar General store to buy a shirt. Not finding one, she left and went to another store. She noticed a Dollar General employee (Sherry Thornton) has followed her by car, and parked blocking Gamble’s car. Gamble asked Thornton why she had followed her. Thornton asked Gamble what she had in her pants. Gamble found nothing in her pocket, but Thornton grabbed at Gamble’s panties from behind and tugged on them. Gamble realized Thornton was accusing her of shoplifting. Thornton left because it was clear that Gamble had not shoplifted. Gamble recited all this when she sued Dollar General for assault. Did she state adequate facts to raise the issue of whether there had been an assault? Explain

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided