Suppose an investor is considering three stocks in which to invest. The expected return for stock 1 is 10%, for stock 2, 12%, and for stock 3, 7%, and she would like an expected return of at least 10%. Clearly one option is to invest everything in stock 1; however, this may not be a good idea because the risk might be too high. Research has found the variance-covariance matrix of the individual stocks

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

1. regarding general guidelines for the preparation of successful soups, which of the following statements is true? a. thick soups made with starchy vegetables may thin during storage. b. soups should be seasoned throughout the cooking process. c. finish a cream soup well before serving it to moderate the flavor. d. consommés take quite a long time to cool.

Which statement is not true about a peptide bond? which statement is not true about a peptide bond? the peptide bond has partial double-bond character. the carbonyl oxygen and the amide hydrogen are most often in a trans configuration with respect to one another. rotation is restricted about the peptide bond. the peptide bond is longer than the typical carbon-nitrogen bond.