The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency of the U. S. government, was concerned about the lending practices of BancorpSouth; they suspected that racial and ethnic minorities were being given less favorable treatment than whites. To test their suspicions, they sent a number of undercover investigators in to apply for home loans. They found that requests for financing to purchase homes in predominately white neighborhoods were granted more often than requests for funds to purchase homes in areas where most residents belonged to a racial or ethnic minority group, even when the applicants were similarly qualified. They also found that whites received more favorable loan terms--specifically, lower interest rates--than African Americans with comparable work and credit histories. The pattern was found to be too widespread and systematic to be the work of particular loan officers. Which term best captures what was taking place at BancorpSouth?

You receive a memo from the vice president of procurement responding to your query. he writes: “it will be very important to maintain product continuity. we have a large base of devoted customers. we want to make sure that the quality and key characteristics of island knight stay the same through this transition. talk to frank, our consulting professional perfumer, for more information about the cologne. seasonal variations in costs are the single most significant factor in our deciding to go with another supplier, so finding a way to limit that should be the top priority. the overall marginal costs and shipping costs are probably somewhat less significant. you may want to talk to cindy, the product manager for island knight, regarding pricing information about the product.” what is the best action to take next?

On january 1, 2018, wetick optometrists leased diagnostic equipment from southern corp. which had purchased the equipment at a cost of $2,256,342. the lease agreement specifies six annual payments of $490,000 beginning january 1, 2018, the beginning of the lease, and at each december 31 thereafter through 2022. the six-year lease term ending december 31, 2023 (a year after the final payment), is equal to the estimated useful life of the equipment. the contract specifies that lease payments for each year will increase on the basis of the increase in the consumer price index for the year just ended. thus, the first payment will be $490,000, and the second and subsequent payments might be different. the cpi at the beginning of the lease is 120. southern routinely acquires diagnostic equipment for lease to other firms. the interest rate in these financing arrangements is 12%. (fv of $1, pv of $1, fva of $1, pva of $1, fvad of $1 and pvad of $1) prepare the appropriate journal entries for wetick and southern to record the lease at its beginning.

Susie buys two goods - rounds of golf and massages. suppose that the price of a round of golf is $20, and the price of a massage is $30. in a typical week susie will play two rounds of golf, getting 20 units of satisfaction from the second round. she normally buys three massages each week, with the third giving her 30 units of satisfaction. if she were to buy a fourth massage in a week, it would give her 20 units of satisfaction. if the price of massages is reduced to $15, which of the following outcomes might we expect to occur? a) susie would leave her consumption choices unchanged because of diminishing marginal utility in the consumption of massages. b) susie would buy more massages and more rounds of golf, as predicted by the substituion effect. c) susie would buy more massages and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by the substitution effect. d) susie would buy more massage and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by income effect.