Carrot computers and its competitors purchase touch screens for their handheld computers from several suppliers. the six makers of touch screens have market shares of, respectively, 21 percent, 16 percent, 13 percent, 17 percent, 20 percent, and 13 percent. a. what is the herfindahl index for the touch screen manufacturing industry? b. by how much would a proposed merger between the two smallest touch screen makers increase the herfindahl index? would the government be likely to challenge that proposed merger? c. if carrot computers horizontally merges with its competitor blueberry handhelds, by how much would the herfindahl idex change for the touch screen industry?

Corey is trying to save money to buy a new tv. he invests $800 into an account paying 6.5% simple interest. for how long must he save if the tv costs $950? a. 2 years b. 3 years c. 4 years d. 5 years

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.

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