The head of the marketing area told alex to find the most stringent federal regulations on advertising to create the toughest standards. "if we can pass those, we should be able to get by all regulations." one real problem isa. state regulations are not always consistent. b. the federal regulations create a uniform standard that would preempt all other regulations. c. european countries have agreed to follow the us standards, so it's a matter of working with the us federal regulations. d. as long as the advertising does not contain sexually explicit content, there are no regulations. e. all of the above are problems.

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Managers in a firm hired to improve the firm's profitability and ultimately the shareholders' value will add to the overall costs if they pursue their own self-interests. what does this best illustrate? a. diseconomies of scale b. principal-agent problem c. experience-curveeffects d. information asymmetries

Abond purchased for $950 was sold for $980 after one year. the interest received during the year is $25. the bond's yield is: