Donald is a business development executive in a big retail company based in Omaha. His company now wants to expand and has sent Donald as their representative. Donald is also authorized to deal and negotiate with different vendors directly and in his own capacity. What role is Donald playing as per the contract law? a. principal
b. guardian
c. agent
d. facilitator
e. arbitrator

Carey company is borrowing $225,000 for one year at 9.5 percent from second intrastate bank. the bank requires a 15 percent compensating balance. the principal refers to funds the firm can effectively utilize (amount borrowed − compensating balance). a. what is the effective rate of interest? (use a 360-day year. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what would the effective rate be if carey were required to make 12 equal monthly payments to retire the loan?