Jimmy, a self-employed individual, is opening a retirement account at a bank. His goal is to accumulate $1,000,000 in the account by the time he retires from work in 20 years’ time. A local bank is willing to open a retirement account that pays 5% interest compound annually throughout the 20 years. Jimmy expects that his annual income will increase 8% yearly during his working career. He wishes to start with a deposit at the end of year 1 (A1) and increase the deposit at a rate of 8% each year thereafter. What should be the size of his first deposit (A1)? The first deposit will occur at the end of year 1, and subsequent deposits will be made at the end of each year. The last deposit will be made at the end of year 20.

Throne technical university is looking for three people to work in its plant-biology laboratory. the hiring manager is finding that the most suitable job candidates live in other countries and are not willing to move to the city where the university is located. which situation is the university facing? a. lack of flexible workforce b. surpluses in labor talent c. an appearance of quota systems d. deficits in minimum wage demands

Beswick company your team is allocated a project involving a major client, the beswick company. although the organization has many clients, this client, and project, is the largest source of revenue and affects the work of several other teams in the organization. the project requires continuous involvement with the client, so any problems with the client are immediately felt by others in the organization. jamie, a member of your team, is the only person in the company with whom this client is willing to deal. it can be said that jamie has:

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.