Max and lew have entered into a contract for lew to paint max’s house. the contract specifically states that the job was to be completed by august 25. lew completes the job on august 26. max has suffered no loss due to the delay. the job was otherwise done exactly to all contract requirements and specifications. if max sues lew for breach of contract due to the missed completion date and if the courts were to award damages, what type of damages would most likely be awarded? multiple choice punitive damages consequential damages restitution nominal damages

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

Laws corporation is considering the purchase of a machine costing $16,000. estimated cash savings from using the new machine are $4,120 per year. the machine will have no salvage value at the end of its useful life of six years and the required rate of return for laws corporation is 12%. the machine's internal rate of return is closest to (ignore income taxes) (a) 12% (b) 14% (c) 16% (d) 18%

If jobs have been undercosted due to underallocation of manufacturing overhead, then cost of goods sold (cogs) is too low and which of the following corrections must be made? a. decrease cogs for double the amount of the underallocation b. increase cogs for double the amount of the underallocation c. decrease cogs for the amount of the underallocation d. increase cogs for the amount of the underallocation