) After graduating from college, Rob Johnson experienced some difficulty in finding full-time employment. Trying to make ends meet, Rob used all of his saving to buy a significant number of shares in small, low-priced, thinly traded penny stocks. He then uses spam e-mails and blog postings to disseminate overly optimistic information about the company in hope to drives up the company's stock price. He is waiting to sell his shares to investors and pocket a profit. He is engaged in A) internet pump-and-dump. B) Bluesnarfing. C) vishing. D) typosquatting.

Biochemical corp. requires $600,000 in financing over the next three years. the firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.80 percent interest per year. the ceo decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 7.50 percent interest in the first year, 12.15 percent interest in the second year, and 8.25 percent interest in the third year. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a)determine the total interest cost under each plan. a) long term fixed rate: b) short term fixed rate: b) which plan is less costly? a) long term fixed rate plan b) short term variable rate plan