Becker Brothers is the managing underwriter for a 1.80-million-share issue by Jay’s Hamburger Heaven. Becker Brothers is "handling" 12 percent of the issue. Its price is $20 per share and the price to the public is $21.50.Becker also provides the market stabilization function. During the issuance, the market for the stock turned soft, and Becker is forced to purchase 50,000 shares in the open market at an average price of $21.00. They later sell the shares at an average value of $20.70.Compute Becker Brothers’ overall gain or loss from managing the issue. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

If the economy were in the contracting phase of the business cycle, how might that affect your ability to find work?

Question 3 options: ps.55 four corners is an ibc company that sells delicious navajo tacos in the crossroads food court. part of their success can be attributed to the freshly fried indian bread that is used not only for the tacos, but also for dessert items. as demand grows the fry-bread process is becoming a bottleneck. operations management for the company is looking at two different process options to replace the highly manual process currently being used. option 1 (medium automation) would cost $175 to implement whereas option 2 (high automation) would cost $350. with option 1 the variable cost per fry bread produced would be $0.20. the variable cost for option 2 would be $0.09 per fry bread. at what volume (demand) of fry breads is the cost for the two options the same? (display your answer to two decimal places.)

Jenny​ walters, who owns a real estate​ agency, bought an old house to use as her business office. she found that the ceiling was poorly insulated and that the heat loss could be cut significantly if six inches of foam insulation were installed. she estimated that with the​ insulation, she could cut the heating bill by​ $80 per month and the​ air-conditioning cost by​ $70 per month. assuming that the summer season is three months​ (june, july, and​ august) of the year and that the winter season is another three months​ (december, january, and​ february) of the​ year, how much can jenny spend on insulation if she expects to keep the property for five​ years? assume that neither heating nor​ air-conditioning would be required during the fall and spring seasons. if she decides to install the​ insulation, it will be done at the beginning of may.​ jenny's interest rate is​ 6% compounded monthly.