Metalcrafters made a contract to design a new earth-moving vehicle for lamar highway construction co. metalcrafters was depending on the genius of samet, the head of its research department, to design a new product. shortly after the contract was made between metalcrafters and lamar, samet was killed in an automobile accident. metalcrafters was not able to design the product without samet. lamar sued metalcrafters for damages for breach of the contract. metalcrafters claimed that the contract was discharged by samet’s death. is it correct?

According to the law of demand, there is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. that is, the demand curve for goods and services slopes downward. why?

Bonds often pay a coupon twice a year. for the valuation of bonds that make semiannual payments, the number of periods doubles, whereas the amount of cash flow decreases by half. using the values of cash flows and number of periods, the valuation model is adjusted accordingly. assume that a $1,000,000 par value, semiannual coupon us treasury note with three years to maturity has a coupon rate of 3%. the yield to maturity (ytm) of the bond is 7.70%. using this information and ignoring the other costs involved, calculate the value of the treasury note:

Which of the following is not part of the mission statement of the department of homeland security? lead the unified national effort to secure america protect against and respond to threats and hazards to the nation ensure safe and secure borders coordinate intelligence operations against terrorists in other countries