At Mayflower & Juneberry, a garden supply store, buyers need to keep abreast of the latest landscaping trends and order each seasonâs merchandise in time for it to be on the shelves when customers want it. If customers visit the store and donât find what they want, they will try one of many local competitors or online retailers. The data show that when customers have a good experience elsewhere, they usually donât come back to Mayflower & Juneberry.
1. Which of the following management actions would most motivate these employees?
A. Set easy goals so that buyers can always feel as though they are meeting them.
B. Share customer satisfaction ratings with the sales clerks who have one-on-one contact with customers but do not share this information with the buyers.
C. Give buyers a goal of ordering each seasonâs merchandise by a particular date; then give them daily feedback about what percentage of the upcoming seasonâs merchandise has been ordered.
D. Share quarterly sales results with buyers after the results have been tabulated so buyers know how successful they were.

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

In the fall of 2008, aig, the largest insurance company in the world at the time, was at risk of defaulting due to the severity of the global financial crisis. as a result, the u. s. government stepped in to support aig with large capital injections and an ownership stake. how would this affect, if at all, the yield and risk premium on aig corporate debt?

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements about credit reports and scores. a credit report summarizes a person’s . a credit score is a measure of a person’s as a borrower. is a factor that contributes to a person’s credit score.