Amanager chooses to ignore a rigorous decision-making process and selects tv monitor a over monitor b because he "trusts" company a more than company b. if the decision he made was rational, which of the following is true?
a. monitor a is really the better choice
b. the manager should have included "trust" as a criterion
c. monitor b is really the better choice
d. the manager must have made a mistake in calculating his weighted criteria

Which of the following best explains why a large company can undersell small retailers? a. large companies can offer workers lower wages because they provide more jobs. b. large companies can pay their employees less because they do unskilled jobs. c. large companies can negotiate better prices with wholesalers. d. large companies have fewer expenses associated with overhead.

He management's discussion and analysis (md& a) required in general purpose federal financial reporting is different than that required by gasb of state and local governments in that: a. it includes information about the agency's performance goals and results in addition to financial activities. b. it is outside the general purpose federal financial report and is optional, not required. c. it is a part of the basic financial statements and, as a result, it is audited along with the financial statements. d. there are no significant differences.

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances