Perform an online or offline search, and choose a technology firm near your location. You must then call and speak to someone from the firm's Human Resources department (preferably the HR manager) and conduct a brief (15- to 20-minute) interview with them. During the interview, you need to ask questions about the company's core functions, the different types of jobs available in the company, a list of qualities that the company expects from its employees, and so on. In other words, your questions should cover the points that the HR department would include in the company's Code of Conduct Manual. You should keep a record of all the answers and write a summary of what you have learned. Alternatively, if you do not find a technology firm near your location, or if the HR manager is unwilling to have a sit-down interview, you could find a company online and correspond with the manager through email with the help of a questionnaire.

Orange corporation issued 20-year, noncallable, 7.5% annual coupon bonds at their par value of $1,000 one year ago. today, the market interest rate on these bonds is 5.5%. what is the current price of the bonds, given that they now have 19 years to maturity?

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?