You are a research analyst in charge of publishing research reports for your company, c-minus investment banking and research. your analysts have been working on a research report for dot com incorporated, a company which also has a pending investment banking relationship with your firm. you are concerned because all of the analysts in your department that have worked on the report have determined that the security is overvalued, and you agree. this may negatively affect the relationship between the two firms. what are your actions in this situation? [a] notify dot com incorporated's officers and their board of directors as to the upcoming negative report and delay the report's scheduled issue date.[b] have your analysts review their analysis, highlighting the positive aspects of the company while downplaying the negatives.[c] go on with the scheduled issue date as planned, issuing the objective report as is even though this may negatively affect business between the two companies.[d] have the investment banking side of your company hurry the deal along, only releasing the negative report after the deal has gone through.

Why should organizations be allowed to promote offensive, violent, sexual, or unhealthy products that can be legally sold and purchased?

Quantitative problem: you need $20,000 to purchase a used car. your wealthy uncle is willing to lend you the money as an amortized loan. he would like you to make annual payments for 4 years, with the first payment to be made one year from today. he requires a 8% annual return. what will be your annual loan payments? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. $ how much of your first payment will be applied to interest and to principal repayment? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. interest: $ principal repayment

In the fall, jay thompson decided to live in a university dormitory. he signed a dorm contract under which he was obligated to pay the room rent for the full college year. one clause stated that if he moved out during the year, he could sell his dorm contract to another student who would move into the dormitory as his replacement. the dorm cost was $5000 for the two semesters, which jay had already paid a month after he moved into the dorm, he decided he would prefer to live in an apartment. that week, after some searching for a replacement to fulfill his dorm contract, jay had two offers. one student offered to move in immediately and to pay jay $300 per month for the eight remaining months of the school year. a second student offered to move in the second semester and pay $2500 to jay. jay estimates his food cost per month is $500 if he lives in the dorm and $450 if he lives in an apartment with three other students. his share of the apartment rent and utilities will be $404 per month. assume each semester is 4.5 months long. disregard the small differences in the timing of the disbursements or receipts. what is the cost of the cheapest alternative?