Mrs. Lee, age 70, withdrew $10,000 from her Roth IRA this year. Mrs. Lee opened this account in 2000. The balance in the account at year-end was $76,600, which included $50,000 of contributions. Compute the taxable portion of the $10,000 withdrawal.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

In a market economy, supply and demand are important because theya. (i) play a critical role in the allocation of the economy's scarce resources.b. (ii) determine how much of each good gets produced.c. (iii) can be used to predict the impact on the economy of various events and policies.d. all of (i), (ii), and (iii) are correct.

Based on this model, households earn income whenfirms purchasegoods and services in factor markets. suppose eileen earns $575 per week working as an analyst for a-plus accountants. she uses $10 to buy a box of aspirin at pillmart pharmacy. pillmart pharmacy pays clancy $250 per week to work the cash register. clancy uses $125 to purchase tax services from a-plus accountants. identify whether each of the following events in this scenario occurs in the factor market or the product market. event factor market product market eileen earns $575 per week working for a-plus accountants. eileen spends $10 to buy a box of aspirin. clancy spends $125 to purchase tax services from a-plus accountants. which of the elements of this scenario represent a flow from a firm to a household