Mario just graduated from college with a degree in marketing. He landed a sales job with a starting salary of $45,000 per year. He has one student loan of $8,000 and is making double payments on it. He also has a fully funded emergency fund. Mario is about to ask his girlfriend, Aaliyah, to marry him. She has a car payment of $279 every month. She also uses a credit card for purchases, although she does pay the balance in full each month. Aaliyah has a fairly good job, but no savings.
Required:
1. If they don't talk about money now, predict their first year of marriage.
2. Do you think it's okay for Aaliyah to use credit cards for all of her purchases as long as she pays the balance in full every month? Why or why not?
3. Should Mario pay off his student loan first before buying a ring and proposing to Aaliyah? Why or why not?
4. How do you think Aaliyah's lack of savings will Mario's fully funded emergency fund?

Transactions on april 1 of the current year, andrea byrd established a business to manage rental property. she completed the following transactions during april: opened a business bank account with a deposit of $45,000 from personal funds. purchased office supplies on account, $2,000. received cash from fees earned for managing rental property, $8,500. paid rent on office and equipment for the month, $5,000. paid creditors on account, $1,375. billed customers for fees earned for managing rental property, $11,250. paid automobile expenses for month, $840, and miscellaneous expenses, $900. paid office salaries, $3,600. determined that the cost of supplies on hand was $550; therefore, the cost of supplies used was $1,450. withdrew cash for personal use, $2,000. required: 1. indicate the effect of each transaction and the balances after each transaction: for those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank. for those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign. (example: -300)

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.

Marketing1. suppose the average price for a new disposable cell phone is $20, and the total market potential for that product is $4 million. topco, inc. has a planned market share of 10 percent. how many phones does topco have the potential to sell in this market? 20,0002. use the data from question 3 to calculate topco, inc.'s planned market share in dollars. $400,0003. atlantic car rental charges $29.95 per day to rent a mid-size automobile. pacific car rental, atlantic's main competitor, just reduced prices on all its car rentals. in response, atlantic reduced its prices by 5 percent. now how much does it cost to rent a mid-size automobile from atlantic? $28.45