Electronics manufacturer SE must decide whether or not to invest in the development of a new type of battery. If the development succeeds, the market for the battery may be large or small. If it doesn't succeed, the development efforts may or may not generate minor innovations that would offset some of the battery's development costs. The tree below summarizes the decision. The EMV of developing the new battery is $300,000. Based on EMV, SE should develop the battery. Given that development is successful, for what endpoint values for a large market does developing the battery have a lower EMV than not developing the battery?

You are an aspiring entrepreneur looking at maslow's hierarchy of needs to determine what type of consumer-oriented business you should start. after reviewing the hierarchy, you decide that you want to open a business that caters to the most basic level of human needs as defined by maslow. based on this information, you should:

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

In year 1, the bennetts' 25-year-old daughter, jane, is a full-time student at an out-of-state university but she plans to return home after the school year ends. in previous years, jane has never worked and her parents have always been able to claim her as a dependent. in year 1, a kind neighbor offers to pay for all of jane's educational and living expenses. which of the following statements is most accurate regarding whether jane's parents would be allowed to claim an exemption for jane in year 1 assuming the neighbor pays for all of jane's support? a.no, jane must include her neighbor's gift as income and thus fails the gross income test for a qualifying relative.b.yes, because she is a full-time student and does not provide more than half of her own support, jane is considered her parent's qualifying child.c.no, jane is too old to be considered a qualifying child and fails the support test of a qualifying relative.d.yes, because she is a student, her absence is considered as "temporary." consequently she meets the residence test and is a considered a qualifying child of the bennetts.