While on a trip to South Africa, Elena was impressed with colorful woven outdoor placemats, floor mats, chair cushions, and umbrellas that local artisans were weaving. Upon returning to the U. S., she was confident that U. S. consumers would be as intrigued by these accessories as she was. Elena decided to explore the possibility of starting an import business to bring these products to the U. S. Which of the following statements seems to be good advice for Elena?A. Learn from others who import goods from abroad, and particularly from Africa. B. Make certain that you have twice the cash necessary to make your first purchases. C. Before performing a feasibility study, form your legal business status. D. Since most import businesses are also export businesses, find a U. S. product South Africans would be willing to buy.

Brandon, a manager at fairpro technologies corp., is required to provide individual performance feedback to his subordinates. in this scenario, the communication between brandon and his subordinates is at a(n) level

Show the changes to the t-accounts for the federal reserve and for commercial banks when the federal reserve buys $50 million in u. s. treasury bills. if the public holds a fixed amount of currency (so that all loans create an equal amount of deposits in the banking system), the minimum reserve ratio is 10%, and banks hold no excess reserves, by how much will deposits in the commercial banks change? by how much will the money supply change? show the final changes to the t-account for commercial banks when the money supply changes by this amount.

The monthly payment m of a loan of amount p for y years with an interest rate r can be calculated by the formula: m = p(r/12) 1 â’ (1 + r/12)â’12y calculate the monthly payment and the cummulative total payment for a $100,000 loan with an interest rate of 4.85% if taken out for 10 years, for 11 years, etc., up to a 30 year term. display the results in a three-column table where the first column is the number of years, the second is the monthly payment, and the third is the cummulative total payment. note: use format bank; for this problem. also, remember to represent the interest rate as a decimal (e. g. 0.0485) 2. a torus-shaped water tube is designed to have a volume of 8, 000in3 . the volume of the tube, v , and its surface area, s, are given by: v = 1 4 ď€ 2 (a + b)(b â’ a) 2 s = ď€ 2 (b 2 â’ a 2 ) if a = kb, determine s, a, and b for k = 0.2, 0.3, 0.7. display the results in a table