There are a number of federal agencies and departments with responsibility for protecting you, the consumer. Select one of the following agencies or departments to research. All of these entities focus on issues that would be of national interest.

FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
EPA (Energy Protection Agency)
FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
Department of Agriculture
Department of Energy
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Independent Consumer Product Safety Council
National Highway Safety Institute
Write a 600-word paper addressing the following questions:

What is the role of this agency or department?
What specifically do they protect the consumer against, and how do they do it?
What specifically do they protect the consumer against?
Does this agency/department currently have any major lawsuits in the courts that would either a) change how a company or group of companies does business or b) change legislation?

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?

Ursus, inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $1,650,000 investment in equipment. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows (ignore income taxes.):