The record decline in advertising activity in America in 2001 resulted from: the lack of creative thinking in advertising. a mild recession, a weak stock market, and the burst of the dot-com. rapid deregulation. the declining popularity of television as a medium for the mass market. the increasing use of the Internet as an advertising medium.

At present, the united states has an embargo against north korea because a. the two countries have extremely poor political relations. b. north korea will not adopt a capitalist government. c. north korean products are too difficult to use. d. north korea has an embargo on american products. e. products from north korea are in higher demand than american-made products.

An investor purchases 500 shares of nevada industries common stock for $22.00 per share today. at t = 1 year, this investor receives a $0.42 per share dividend (which is not reinvested) on the 500 shares and purchases an additional 500 shares for $24.75 per share. at t = 2 years, he receives another $0.42 (not reinvested) per share dividend on 1,000 shares and purchases 600 more shares for $31.25 per share. at t = 3 years, he sells 1,000 of the shares for $35.50 per share and the remaining 600 shares at $36.00 per share, but receives no dividends. assuming no commissions or taxes, the money-weighted rate of return received on this investment is closest to:

The wall street journal reported that over a recent five-month period, a downturn in the economy has caused endowments to decline 23%. what is the estimate of the dollar amount of the decline in the total endowments held by these 10 universities (to the nearest billion)?