you decide to get a credit card in order to begin building your credit history. it is your first credit card and when you receive the agreement with the credit card company filled with legally complex boilerplate language, you sign it knowing that if you do not, you will not be able to get the card. buried deep within the terms, however, a discrepancy existed that the credit card company never caught before sending the agreement to customers. one section allowed for the credit card company to raise interest rates as long as it provided users a 30 day notice, but another section stated that interest rates could only be changed once per year. the company has increased your interest rate four times already this year and you decide you have had enough and take them to court. in whose favor will the court interpret the terms of the contract?

The next dividend payment by savitz, inc., will be $2.08 per share. the dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 6 percent forever. if the stock currently sells for $42 per share, what is the required return?

The following selected circumstances relate to pending lawsuits for erismus, inc. erismus’s fiscal year ends on december 31. financial statements are issued in march 2019. erismus prepares its financial statements according to u.s. gaap. required: indicate the amount erismus would record as an asset, liability, or not accrued in the following circumstances. 1. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes the company has a slightly worse than 50/50 chance of eventually prevailing in court, and that if it loses, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 2. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages could fall anywhere in the range of $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, with any damage in that range equally likely. 3. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages will eventually be $5,000,000, with a present value of $3,500,000. 4. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 5. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus’s management believes it is virtually certain that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $500,000.

What is the relationship among market segmentation, target markts, and consumer profiles?