In 2015, the european commission charged six u. s. studios and a u. k. pay television company, sky uk, with unfairly blocking access to films and other content. the charges challenge the studios' requirement under contracts that sky uk block access for consumers outside britain and ireland. (kanter, james, and mark scott, "e. u. opens antitrust case against major u. s. studios and sky uk," new york times, july 23, 2015.) the studios have separate contracts with broadcasters in other countries. why do the studios want such restrictions? the studios seek restrictions blocking access to films and other content across country lines in order to a. segment markets. b. limit market power. c. changes preferences. d. allow resale. e. promote arbitrage.

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

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Chang corp. has $375,000 of assets, and it uses only common equity capital (zero debt). its sales for the last year were $595,000, and its net income was $25,000. stockholders recently voted in a new management team that has promised to lower costs and get the return on equity up to 15.0%. what profit margin would the firm need in order to achieve the 15% roe, holding everything else constant? a. 9.45%b. 9.93%c. 10.42%d. 10.94%e. 11.49%