A coupon bond with a face value of $ 8000 and $400 coupon payments every year has a coupon rate of %.

Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?

Advertisers are usually very conscious of their audience. choose an issue of a popular magazine such as time, sports illustrated, vanity fair, rolling stone, or the like. from that issue select three advertisements to analyze. try to determine the audience being appealed to in each advertisement and analyze the appeals used to persuade buyers. how might the appeals differ is the ads were designed to persuade a different audience.

Miller mfg. is analyzing a proposed project. the company expects to sell 14,300 units, plus or minus 3 percent. the expected variable cost per unit is $15 and the expected fixed cost is $35,000. the fixed and variable cost estimates are considered accurate within a plus or minus 3 percent range. the depreciation expense is $32,000. the tax rate is 34 percent. the sale price is estimated at $19 a unit, give or take 3 percent. what is the net income under the worst case scenario?