Bartholomew plans to retire in 7 years from today with $500000 in his retirement account, which has an annual return of 3.5 percent. If he receives 12 annual retirement payments of X and his first retirement payment is received in 7 years from today, then what is X, the amount of each retirement payment?

Adisadvantage of corporations is that shareholders have to pay on profits.

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be:

Zara, a global retail and apparel manufacturer based in spain that has successfully implemented this idea by having a continuous flow of new products that are typically limited in supply. zara has created a system that draws its clientèle into its stores, on average, 17 times per year as compared to 4 times per year for most stores. how is zara using it to gain competitive advantage? what specific technologies are used by zara to maintain this advantage over its competition?