Your company, ABC Real Estate has a listing on a property at 1234 Any Old Street. The property was listed for $295,000, and the seller agreed to pay your designated broker a 7% commission when the property is sold. A licensee with XYZ Real Estate Company presents an offer for $275,000 that is accepted by the seller. Your designated broker has agreed to share the 7% commission with a cooperating broker equally. The cooperating broker has agreed to pay the licensee who sold the property 45% of the total earned. How much did the licensee who sold the property earn?

According to the law of demand, there is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. that is, the demand curve for goods and services slopes downward. why?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Imagine you own an established startup with growing profits. you are looking for funding to greatly expand company operations. what method of financing would be best for you?