recently, the u. s. justice department initiated an antitrust investigation of homestore. com, a web site containing the listings of thousands of real estate agents in the united states. in cities and even in local communities, there is considerable rivalry among realtors. nevertheless, nearly all belong to the national association of realtors, which is the majority owner of homestore. com. in 2000, homestore. com purchased a rival site, move. com, which left the microsoft network's homeadvisor. com as its only remaining key rival. the justice department became concerned with the activities of homestore. com because: the justice department will consider it a violation of antitrust laws if

(a) what do you think will happen if the price of non-gm crops continues to rise? why? (b) what will happen if the price of non-gm food drops? why?

Direct materials (4.2 x $15) $ 63direct labor ($12 x 17.5) $210manufacturing overhead ($2.40 x 17.5) $42total job cost $ 315dougan, inc. allocates overhead based on a predetermined overhead rate of $2.40 per direct labor hour. employees are paid $12.00 per hour. job 24 requires 4.2 pounds of direct materials at a cost of $15.00 per pound. employees worked a total of 17.5 hours to complete the job. actual manufacturing overhead costs totaled $80,000 for the year for the company. how much is the cost of job 24?

Over the past several years, joyce chen has been able to save regularly. as a result, today she has $54,188 in savings and investments. she wants to establish her own business in 5 years and feels she will need $100,000 to do so. a. if she can earn 6% on her money, how much will her $54,188 in savings/investments be worth in 5 years? will joyce have the $100,000 she needs? if not, how much more money will she need? b. given your answer to part a, how much will joyce have to save each year over the next 5 years to accumulate the additional money? assume she can earn interest at a rate of 6%. c. if joyce can afford to save only $4,000 a year then, given your answer to part a, will she have the $100,000 she needs to start her own business in 5 years?