Suppose a regulatory agency makes decisions that seem to require an ever-growing agency budget and staff of regulators to monitor firms and enforce the decisions. This would be evidence in support of the theory of regulation

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Draw a flowchart for a process of interest to you, such as a quick oil-change service, a factory process you might have worked in, ordering a pizza, renting a car or truck, buying products on the internet, or applying for an automobile loan. identify the points where something (people, information) waits for service or is held in work-in-process inventory, the estimated time to accomplish each activity in the process, and the total flow time. evaluate how well the process worked and what might be done to improve it.

Ernesto baca is employed by bigg company. he has a family membership in his company's health insurance program. the annual premium is $5,432. ernesto's employer pays 80% of the total cost. ernesto's contribution is deducted from his paycheck. what is his annual contribution? $1,086.40 $1,125.65 $1,527.98 $1,567.20 save and exit