Two firms in the chemical solvent industry decide to merge. Employees in the testing department of firm A have enjoyed high pay for many years. However, firm A is purchased by firm B who has a history of paying low wages. As a result, employees in firms A's testing department earn on average $1.00 more per hour than those at firm B. Upon completion of the merger, what wage levels should prevail? Should wages be cut for those who worked for firm A? Or, should wages be increased for those in firm B?

Yeah LTD purchased equipment on January 1, 2015 at a cost of $171,380. The equipment has an estimated useful life of 9 years and a residual value of $9,650. Crane realized that there was a declining demand for the product being produced by the equipment. Given this indicator of possible impairment, management determined that the recoverable amount of the asset on December 31, 2018 was $95,260. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation.   Record the impairment loss, if any, on December 31, 2018.

What are the possible hazards for a worker in a fast-food restaurant and a computer programmer?

After working as an assistant manager for two years, Rebecca Learner was promoted to the manager position. She did not have a degree from university, but she had over 15 years of experience in the restaurant industry. On her first day as manager, she met with the three assistant managers and all of the frontline employees to discuss ways they could take the restaurant forward. Some of the frontline employees expressed that customers often complained about several things such as hygiene, portion sizes, the appearance of the restaurant, employee uniforms, high labor turnover, and outdated menu items. Rebecca also asked customers what they liked and did not like about the restaurant. Taking all of the comments and suggestions into consideration, she started working with her frontline employees and managers on specific initiatives. They introduced new menu items, some of which were well received and others not so successful. They changed the tablecloths and plates, but the customers did…