The sign on the intercept coefficient in a simple regression model will always be the same as the sign on the correlation coefficient

How much money can be saved annually by setting up a lock-box system that will process 500 cheques per day at a cost of $0.20 per cheque if each cheque averages $220, collection float is reduced by three days, and the annual interest rate is 8 percent?

A) $10,000 B) ($10,100) C) $16,400 D) ($27,700)

Karl Harris, a marketing critic, is concerned about the pervasiveness of marketing

He points out that advertising messages are everywhere, from Web sites and e-mails to unwanted direct mail and catalogs to television commercials and product tie-ins to billboards and store signage. Karl is concerned about ________. A) high packaging costs B) cultural pollution C) deceptive practices D) false wants and too much materialism E) the balance between private goods and social goods