Select the statement that best substantiates why we say, "The role of management is changing."
A. Future managers must have their ear and eye toward domestic issues because the goal is to bring jobs back to the U. S. by eliminating outsourcing.
B. Managers will evolve toward measuring and evaluating individual employee performance and eliminate employees who prefer not to work independently.
C. Contemporary managers will focus on global issues and green issues, and continue to emphasize the team approach to work.
D. Contemporary managers will emphasize structure and less creative thinking, particularly during recessionary times.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

The simple interest in a loan of $200 at 10 percent interest per year is

Portia grant is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, she earned a total of $8,388. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the futa tax rate of 0.6% and the suta tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. the amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,391.77. what is the total amount of taxes withheld from the portia's earnings?