A travel agent wants to own her own business. She is researching the business opportunities that exist if she specializes in booking cruise ship vacations When 100 potential customers were surveyed, they provided the following responses:
• 30% would book air flights (additional cost would be $400)
• 20% would book rental cars (additional cost would be $100)
• 20% would book extended stays in a hotel before or after the cruise (additional cost would be $300 per customer)
• 60% would book shore excursions (additional cost averages $300 per passenger)
The customers reported they are willing pay this much more for add-ons to the cost of a cruise:
• $200 or less: 20%
• $200-$300: 40%
• $300-$400: 30%
• $400 or more: 10%
Which cruise add-on should be promoted from a revenue perspective?
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Medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic. hughes sought a position as a sales director for st. jude. st. jude told hughes that his contract with medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. hughes accepted. medtronic filed a suit, alleging wrongful interference. which type of interference was most likely the basis for this suit? did it occur here? medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic

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?

Carrie works at a canned food production factory. the government wanted to give a boost to the salt industry, so it lined up numerous subsidies and tax exemptions for the sector. this lead to a decrease in production costs. this also meant that consumers could access canned foods at a lower price, which lead to an increase in demand for the product. which kind of economic system is carrie’s company dealing with? carrie’s company is dealing with a/an economy.