Suppose A-Plus Linens sent the following notice to John C. Lincoln Hospital: "On your next call for bids, call us. We'll give you a $5 discount for every 100 pounds of linen we clean for you." The notice sent by A-Plus: a. is contract interference. b. is defamatory. c. is invasion of privacy. d. none of the above

Consider the following information on stocks a, b, c and their returns (in decimals) in each state: state prob. of state a b c boom 20% 0.27 0.22 0.16 good 45% 0.16 0.09 0.07 poor 25% 0.03 0 0.03 bust 10% -0.08 -0.04 -0.02 if your portfolio is invested 25% in a, 40% in b, and 35% in c, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio in percent? answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to at least four decimals.