Mustafa and jeff argued about an investment in asset swaps. mustafa believed that the back office could not handle a tricky transaction. jeff argued that the investment was worth the extra time to create and practice the procedure. mustafa agreed if he could do the training himself. the conflict was settled

The returns on the common stock of maynard cosmetic specialties are quite cyclical. in a boom economy, the stock is expected to return 22 percent in comparison to 9 percent in a normal economy and a negative 14 percent in a recessionary period. the probability of a recession is 35 percent while the probability of a boom is 10 percent. what is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?

By which distribution system is more than 90 percent of u.s. coal shipped? a. pipelinesb. trucksc. waterwaysd. railroadse. none of the above

Of the four types of discharge, firing a. results from an employee's poor performance⎯that is, from his or her failure to fulfill expectations.b. is for-cause dismissal⎯the result of employee theft, gross insubordination, release of proprietary information, and so on.c. usually refers to the temporary unemployment experienced by hourly employees and implies that they are "subject to recall."d. designates the permanent elimination of a job as a result of workforce reduction, plant closing, or departmental consolidation.