You manage the Natural History Museum downtown. Currently you retain a landscaping staff to trim lawns, trees, bushes, etc. In light of budget cutbacks, you’ve decided to outsource the landscaping work. Develop a specification/statement of work for landscaping contractors to use in developing bids and eventually form the basis of a contract.

Suppose your rich uncle gave you $50,000, which you plan to use for graduate school. you will make the investment now, you expect to earn an annual return of 6%, and you will make 4 equal annual withdrawals, beginning 1 year from today. under these conditions, how large would each withdrawal be so there would be no funds remaining in the account after the 4th withdraw?

If a government accumulates chronic budget deficits over time, what's one possible result? a. a collective action problem b. a debt crisis c. regulatory capture d. an unfunded liability

On january 1, 2017, pharoah company issued 10-year, $2,020,000 face value, 6% bonds, at par. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 16 shares of pharoah common stock. pharoah’s net income in 2017 was $317,000, and its tax rate was 40%. the company had 97,000 shares of common stock outstanding throughout 2017. none of the bonds were converted in 2017. (a) compute diluted earnings per share for 2017. (round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. $2.55.) diluted earnings per share