Wrong deck. penny hires jackson to paint the back deck on her house. she agrees to pay him $200 for the job and he accepts, sight unseen. they enter into the agreement on tuesday, and he is to paint the deck on saturday. when jackson arrives, neither penny nor her neighbor is at home. he mistakenly paints the neighbor's deck. penny calls him the next day and asks him why he did not paint her deck. he informs her that he did paint the deck. it is then realized that he mistakenly painted the neighbor's deck. penny tells him not to worry because the neighbor will be required to pay him. jackson says that if the neighbor does not pay, he expects all of his funds from penny. what was the status of the agreement between jackson and penny as of tuesday when they agreed upon the price for the job?

Suppose you have just been hired as the chief diversity officer of a large company. previous mentoring programs at this company have not been successful. after inquiring about previous efforts, you discover that most mentor pairs met just a few times, but very few lasting or meaningful mentoring relationships were created. there were also a significant number of employees that did not even attempt to seek out a mentor relationship. which of the following may be a reason why prior mentoring programs at your company failed? check all that apply.a) minorities and women are much less likely to develop mentoring relationships than white malesb) mentoring is not an effective way for organizations to develop female and minority employeesc) due to specific laws governing appropriate workplace behavior, senior-level male executives were reluctant to cultivate mentoring relationships with female employees, fearing negative repercussionsd) fear of creating a future competitor within the company, senior-level female executives were hesitant to mentor other female employees

You manage an equity fund with an expected risk premium of 10% and a standard deviation of 14%. the rate on treasury bills is 6%. your client chooses to invest $60,000 of her portfolio in your equity fund and $40,000 in a t-bill money market fund. what is the expected return and standard deviation of return on your client’s portfolio?

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?