Allows a limited number of goods and services to cross international borders without paying a tariff and without limitations imposed by quotas. B Allows goods and services to cross international borders without paying a tariff and without limitations imposed by quotas plus a common set of tariffs toward nonmembers. C Allows goods and services to cross international borders without paying a tariff and without limitations imposed by quotas plus a common set of tariffs toward nonmembers plus an agreement to allow the free mobility of inputs such as labor and capital plus a substantial coordination of policies and a common currency. D Allows goods and services to cross international borders without paying a tariff and without limitations imposed by quotas plus a common set of tariffs toward nonmembers plus an agreement to allow the free mobility of inputs such as labor and capital. E Allows goods and services to cross international borders without paying a tariff and without limitations imposed by quotas. X This is not a type of regional trade agreement.

Afinancial institution, the thriftem bank, is in the process of formulating its loan policy for the next quarter. a total of $12 million is allocated for that purpose. being a full-service facility, the bank is obligated to grant loans to different clientele. the following table provides the types of loans, the interest rate charged by the bank, and the possibility of bad debt as estimated from past experience. type of loaninterest rateprobability of bad debtpersonal.140.10car.130.07home.1 20.03farm.125.05commercial.100.02 bad debts are assumed unrecoverable and hence produce no interest revenue either. competition with other financial institutions in the area requires that the bank allocate at least 40% of the total funds to farm and commercial loans. to assist the housing industry in the region, home loans must equal at least 50% of the personal, car, and home loans. the bank also has a stated policy specifying that the overall ratio for bad debts on all loans may not exceed .04. formulate this problem as a linear program. define your variables clearly and write all the constraints explaining the significance of each.

If his parents cannot alex with college, and two of his scholarships will be awarded to other students if he does not accept them immediately, which is the best option for him?

Diversified semiconductors sells perishable electronic components. some must be shipped and stored in reusable protective containers. customers pay a deposit for each container received. the deposit is equal to the container’s cost. they receive a refund when the container is returned. during 2018, deposits collected on containers shipped were $856,000. deposits are forfeited if containers are not returned within 18 months. containers held by customers at january 1, 2018, represented deposits of $587,000. in 2018, $811,000 was refunded and deposits forfeited were $41,000. required: 1. prepare the appropriate journal entries for the deposits received and returned during 2018. 2. determine the liability for refundable deposits to be reported on the december 31, 2018, balance sheet.