Sergio leaves his job as a hockey coach to open his own skate sharpening shop at a local rink. Sergio is confident that the skate sharpening business will earn him more than the $500 per week that he earned at his coaching position. Sergio's business is good; he averages 100 pairs of skates per week, and charges $8 per pair to sharpen skates. He does all of the work himself, but has to pay the rink $150 per week for the lease on the equipment. Is Sergio better off operating his own business? a. No, he is only earning $150 per week.
b. Yes, he is earning an economic profit of $800 each week.
c. Yes, he is now earning an economic profit of $150 per week.
d. No, he should have stayed at the coaching position where he earned $500 per week.

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

Marco works in the marketing department of a luxury fashion brand. he is making a presentation on the success of a recent marketing campaign that included a fashion show. which slide elements can he use to include photographs and footage of the fashion show in his presentation? marco can use the: table images audio option to include photographs and the: flowcharts images video option to include footage of the fashion show.

Which of the following is an example of a production quota? a. the government sets an upper limit on the quantity that each dairy farmer can produce. b. the government sets a price floor in the market for dairy products. c. the government sets a lower limit on the quantity that each dairy farmer can produce. d. the government guarantees to buy a specified quantity of dairy products from farmers.