Java Bean Company imports coffee beans and sells them under two-year contracts to Mellow Roast, Inc., and other coffee makers. The contracts require that during the two-year term a coffee maker may not buy beans from Java Bean’s competitors. The contracts do not limit the coffee makers’ purchase of tea or other beverage ingredients from other suppliers, however. In the second year of the contract, Mellow Roast protests that this arrangement violates antitrust law. Is Mellow Roast correct?

Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?

Suppose that the firm cherryblossom has an orchard they are willing to sell today. the net annual returns to the orchard are expected to be $50,000 per year for the next 20 years. at the end of 20 years, it is expected the land will sell for $30,000. calculate the market value of the orchard if the market rate of return on comparable investments is 16%.

Which best describes what financial planning skills ultimately enable an individual to do? to prepare for the future to determine lifetime income to determine the cost of living to learn from the past