•boston • new york • philadelphia • charleston the cities above were all important cities in colonial america and in the early years of u. s. history. trade was a major part of the economies of these cities because they were all ports that could ship goods on the atlantic ocean. they were connected to each other by an extensive system of roads. they were all located in the north and could easily ship goods to canada. they were located on the ohio river and would ship goods to the west.

What are six resources for you decide which type of business to start and how to start it?

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?