Mario, a production worker, complains to a human resource professional at his company that when he asked his supervisor for a week off to care for his son after surgery, the supervisor replied, "can’t your wife do that instead? " which of the following statements best summarizes what the hr professional should explain to the supervisor? a. benefits apply whether a spouse is of the same or the opposite sex. b. females may not be required to contribute more than men to defined-benefit plans. c. fatherhood is a protected category in the antidiscrimination laws. d. mario has not yet used all of his sick leave. e. equal employment opportunity requires that access to benefits not be limited by sex

He taylor company sells music systems. each music system costs the company $100 and will be sold to the public for $250. in year one, the company sells 100 gift cards to customers for $250 each ($25,000 in total). these cards are valid for just one year, and company officials expect them to all be redeemed. in year two, only 96 of the cards are returned. what amount of net income does the company report for year two in connection with these cards? a. $15,000b. $15,400c. $15,500d. $15,800

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

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