A plaintiff in a successful lawsuit was awarded a judgment of $4800 per month for 5 years. The plaintiff has the need of a fairly large sum of money immediately for an investment of his own, and has offered the defendant the opportunity to pay off the award in a lump-sum amount of $110,000. Required:
If the defendant accepts the offer and pays the $110,000 now, what rate of return will the defendant have made by not paying the 60 monthly amounts?

During the holiday season, maria's department store works with a contracted employment agency to bring extra workers on board to handle overflow business, and extra duties such as wrapping presents. maria's is using during these rush times.

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.

Sue peters is the controller at vroom, a car dealership. dale miller recently has been hired as the bookkeeper. dale wanted to attend a class in excel spreadsheets, so sue temporarily took over dale's duties, including overseeing a fund used for gas purchases before test drives. sue found a shortage in the fund and confronted dale when he returned to work. dale admitted that he occasionally uses the fund to pay for his own gas. sue estimated the shortage at $450. what should sue do?