More Competition: You are in a head-to-head battle with your arch competitor, Evil Enterprises. One of your co-workers approaches you. He has recently joined your company after having worked for a second competitor for several years. He suggested, "I made notes on all of Evil's bids when I could get the data. They use some clear cost standards. Would you like me to bring my notes to the office tomorrow and let you look through them?

Gyou plan to deposit $1,700 per year for 5 years into a money market account with an annual return of 2%. you plan to make your first deposit one year from today. what amount will be in your account at the end of 5 years? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. $ assume that your deposits will begin today. what amount will be in your account after 5 years? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

When the national economy goes from bad to better, market research shows changes in the sales at various types of restaurants. projected 2011 sales at quick-service restaurants are $164.8 billion, which was 3% better than in 2010. projected 2011 sales at full-service restaurants are $184.2 billion, which was 1.2% better than in 2010. how will the dollar growth in quick-service restaurants sales compared to the dollar growth for full-service places?

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?