Neither the payback period nor the accounting rate of return methods of evaluating investments considers the time value of money.

As a marketing tool, packaging

A) is not something that marketers are involved with.
B) gives a product a chance to stand out among all the other choices on a store shelf.
C) is not very important for communicating to the consumer.
D) does little to help promote and reinforce brand image.
E) is only crucial to a few products, since most products are heavily promoted in other ways.

Power Inc. and QualGas Corporation refine and sell natural gas. To limit the supply on the market and thereby raise prices, Power and QualGas agree to buy "excess" supplies from dealers and "dispose" of it. This is

A) a deal that neither restrains trade or harms competition.
B) not within the scope of the Sherman Act.
C) a per se violation of the Sherman Act.
D) subject to analysis under the rule of reason.

Which of the following is a correct statement regarding intentional torts and negligent torts?

A) Both intentional torts and negligent torts result from a person willfully taking actions that are likely to cause injury.
B) Both intentional torts and negligent torts involve the failure to exercise reasonable care to protect another's person or property.
C) Both intentional torts and negligent torts automatically give rise to civil,as well as,criminal liability.
D) Negligent torts result from a person willfully taking actions that are likely to cause injury,while intentional torts involve the failure to exercise reasonable care to protect another's person or property.
E) Intentional torts result from a person willfully taking actions that are likely to cause injury,while negligent torts involve the failure to exercise reasonable care to protect another's person or property.

The average operating assets for Year 2 were:

A) $1,000,000
B) $1,080,000
C) $1,200,000
D) $1,388,889

Which statement is false?

A) The poverty rate was lower in 2009 than it was in 2000.
B) The poverty rate for children under 18 is higher than the poverty rate for people over 65.
C) The poverty rate today is higher than it was in 2006.
D) The poverty rate for Hispanics is three times that of whites.