Although there are advantages and disadvantages to home-based workers for both the employer and employee the disadvantages to employer, employee, and society in general can be summarized as:

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.

Ryan receives an e-mail that states the internet is being cleaned up and that he should leave his computer powered-off for 24 hours after receipt of this message. after careful review of the message contents and verifying the information with the desk he realizes this is:

Comparative financial statements for weller corporation, a merchandising company, for the year ending december 31 appear below. the company did not issue any new common stock during the year. a total of 800,000 shares of common stock were outstanding. the interest rate on the bonds, which were sold at their face value, was 12%. the income tax rate was 40% and the dividend per share of common stock was $0.40 this year. the market value of the company's common stock at the end of the year was $18. all of the company's sales are on account. time interest earned ratio