Which is a must-have quality for a fashion forecaster?

A. connections with major designers

B. knowledge of several languages

C. keen observation skills

D. a good runway presence

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If the real interest rate is 6 percent and the price level is falling at a rate of 2 percent, what is the nominal interest rate?

Because of the sales tax in a particular region, a customer in a supermarket must pay $1.46 for a package of candy marked $1.35. What is the effective tax rate on this purchase, expressed as a percentage?

The inverse demand curve for product X is givenby: PX = 25 - 0.005Q + 0.15PY, where PX represents price in dollars per unit, Qrepresents rate of sales in pounds per week, andPY represents selling price of another product Y indollars per unit.

A Japanese company has a bond outstanding that sells for 90 percent of its ¥100,000 par value. The bond has a coupon rate of 5.7 percent paid annually and matures in 19 years.

Gail's employer contributes $2,000 (5% of her $40,000 salary) to a qualified retirement plan for Gail. This pension plan is what kind of plan?

Jennifer believes that the price of sugar is too low and that the price will rise within the next calendar quarter. If she wishes to trade based on her belief she should: Select one: a. Take a long position in the futures market. b.

A firm has three different production facilities, all of which produce the same product ... While reviewing the firm's cost data, Jasmin, a manager, discovers that one of the plants has a higher average cost than the other plants and suggests

Five jobs are waiting to be processed. Their processing times and due dates are given below. Using the shortestprocessing time dispatching rule, in which order should the jobs be processed?

Acme Foods wants to make its chips saltier, but it doesn't want to spend more than it has to on salt. A sample of consumers are asked to compare its current chip (saltiness = 100) with saltier versions and to say whether the new version is saltier.