To encourage minority business and foster pride in minority heritage, a state adopted legislation exempting magazines and other periodicals from the state's receipts tax if 20% of the magazine is devoted to articles concerning minorities (a commission was set up to sample magazines to determine on a yearly basis whether they should be exempt). A publisher produced a sports magazine in the state that occasionally contained articles about minority athletes, but the commission determined that the publisher's magazine was not eligible for the receipts tax exemption. After paying the tax assessed on her magazine, the publisher sued for a refund. How will the court most likely rule

Last week paul, ceo of quality furniture in south carolina, traveled to europe to visit customers. while overseas, paul checked his e-mail daily and showed his company's website to customers, explaining how the website will them place orders and receive merchandise more quickly. after visiting the last customer friday morning, paul was able to return to the corporate office in south carolina to meet with his board of directors that night. is the "shrinking" of time and space with air travel and electronic media.

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500

2. which of the following statements about interest is true? a. interest is a one-time fee that you pay for lending money. b. interest is expressed as a percentage of the amount you are borrowing. c. because interest rates tend to be small numbers, they typically don't have much effect on the price of the goods you're purchasing. d. interest is a penalty that you pay when you don't pay your bills on time.