For employment with the firestorm smokejumpers__a crew of elite paratroopers who parachute into dangerous situations to fight fires—applicants must complete a series of tests. the crew chief sends the most qualified applicants a letter stating that they will be admitted to firestorm’s training sessions if they pass a medical exam. jake kurzyniec receives the letter and passes the exam, but a new crew chief changes the selection process and reject him. is there a contract between kurzyniec and firestorm? if there is a contract, what type of contract is it?

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Braden’s ice cream shop is losing business. he knows that customers are no longer choosing his product because a competing product has become less expensive, yet he has refused to lower his prices. what has happened to braden’s business?

Interview notes mike is 50 and made $36,000 in wages in 2017. he is single and pays all the cost of keeping up his home. mike's daughter, brittany, lived with mike all year. brittany's son, hayden, was born in november 2017. hayden lived in mike's home since birth. brittany is 25, single, and had $1,500 in wages in 2017. she is not disabled. mike provides more than half of the support for both brittany and hayden. mike, brittany, and hayden are all u. s. citizens with valid social security numbers. 4. who can mike claim as a qualifying child(ren) for the earned income credit?