James, the owner of an auto parts store, told his employee, rickey, to clean and paint some tires in the basement. highly flammable gasoline fumes accumulated in the poorly ventilated space. james threw a firecracker into the basement as a joke, intending only to startle rickey. sparks from the firecracker caused an explosion and fire that severely burned him. rickey filed a personal injury suit against james for $1 million. is this debt dischargeable under chapter 7.

In a chapter 7 bankruptcy, a debtor:

Consider a treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: security a: e(r) = .15; variance = .0400 security b: e(r) = .10; variance = .0225 security c: e(r) = .12; variance = .1000 security d: e(r) = .13; variance = .0625 the investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. the security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best cal would be a. security a b. security b c. security c d. security d

In june 2009, at the trough of the great recession, the bureau of labor statistics announced that of all adult americans, 140,196,000 were employed, 14,729,000 were unemployed and 80,729,000 were not in the labor force. use this information to calculate: a. the adult population b. the labor force c. the labor-force participation rate d. the unemployment rate