In Aliaga Medical Center v.Harris Bank,the case in the text,why was the bank within its rights to pay the check after 90 days,despite the words "void after 90 days" written on the check?

A) The bank did not have a duty to confirm the check with Aliaga.
B) Aliaga failed to stop payment of the check under the terms of the parties' agreement.
C) Aliaga failed to renew his stop-payment order after six months passed.
D) The bank notified Aliaga that it was going to honor the check despite the specific language.

To use the assumption of the risk defense successfully,a defendant must prove that the plaintiff unwillingly encountered the risk of the actual harm the defendant caused.

A company's required rate of return,typically its cost of capital is called the:

A) Internal rate of return.
B) Average rate of return.
C) Hurdle rate.
D) Maximum rate.
E) Payback rate.

The disclosure rules pertaining to GAAP accounting for business combinations complicates financial analysis for which of the following reasons?

A) Comparative financial statements are not retroactively adjusted to include data for the acquired company for periods prior to the acquisition.
B) The inclusion of noncontrolling interest in the retroactively adjusted financial statements complicates the analysis.
C) The inclusion of acquired goodwill in the retroactively adjusted financial statements complicates the analysis.
D) The inclusion of the acquired firm's equity within the retroactively adjusted financial statements complicates the analysis.

The organization created to oversee the provisions of multilateral trade agreements, resolve disputes under the international trade rules, and meet periodically to consider further trade liberalization is called the

A) International Monetary Fund (IMF) .
B) World Trade Organization (WTO) .
C) Common Market Organization (CMO) .
D) International Trade Commission (ITC) .

Which of the following would most likely increase competition during the maturity stage of the product life cycle?

A) differentiation
B) excess capacity
C) commercialization
D) inadequate promotion