Jonathan Wiggins Business Economics GM545 July 2013 jwiggin3@gru.edu Exercise 1: Everyone’s gasoline problem Gas prices fluctuate due to oil prices and the anticipated supply and demand worldwide. Whenever there is political unrest in a major oil producing country you will see an increase in gas prices due to the demand of oil potentially produced decreasing. Very rarely do gas prices follow the general supply and demand because if they did gas prices would be lower currently. In my hometown
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Navigating Pay Equity: Developments in Legislation March 24‚ 2014 Agenda • Historical legislation • Lilly Ledbetter • Paycheck Fairness Act • Impact and advice for HR professionals Equal Pay Act (EPA) • Passed in 1963 as an amendment to the FLSA • Requires equal pay for substantially equal work ▫Skill‚ Effort‚ Responsibility‚ Working Conditions • Gender claims only • Not required to show discriminatory intent EPA - Affirmative Defenses • Seniority system • Merit system • System which measures
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reporting of any financial facts significant enough to influence the judgment of an informed reader. Illustration 24-1: Financial Statements – Balance Sheet‚ Income Statement‚ Statement of Cash flows‚ and statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. Notes to financial statements – Accounting policies‚ contingencies‚ inventory methods‚ number of shares of stock outstanding‚ alternative measures. Supplementary Information – changing prices disclosures‚ oil and gas reserves information. Other
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Sydney born Dion Lee is a 24 year old successful Australian born high end textile fashion designer who creates clear-cut‚ structured and tailored to perfection garments to create a perfect silhouette for the woman wearing his designs. He is one of the fashion industries youngest well known designers. Dion is inspired by the construction of clothing. He likes edge cutting garments which are extremely functional created with the combination of traditional tailoring techniques and modern concepts and
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NAME (primary client): Rosa Lee Cunningham DATE OF BIRTH: October 7‚ 1936 CHRONOLOGICAL AGE: 52 SEX: Female ADDRESS: FUNDING SOURCE: DATE OF REPORT: 3/14/2012 Identifying Information: Rosa Lee is a feisty African American female who grew up poor on the fringes of a Capitol Hill neighborhood. Her parents were sharecroppers who had migrated to the city. Rosa Lee had eight children‚ six boys and two girls‚ over an 11 year stretch; she was 14 years old when she
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“Annabel Lee” Thinking questions Directions: Answer all questions on a separate sheet of paper. Poe wrote on an imaginative and literal level. In this poem‚ scholars believe that he took the unfortunate‚ premature death of his wife and translated this real-life experience into a creative poem. In reality‚ Poe’s wife‚ Virginia‚ had died from a four year battle with tuberculosis‚ finally succumbing after catching a cold due to drafts from insufficient fuel. 1. What is the theme of “Annabel
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Raising Equity Capital When a private company decides to raise outside equity capital to fund there firm‚ they can turn several potential sources‚ these include Angel Investors‚ venture capital firms‚ institutional investors and corporate investors. Angel investors are individual investors who buy equity in small private firms (often friends of relatives) and are usually the first round of outside financing typically receiving a sizeable equity share. Venture Capital Firm (VCF) is a limited partnership
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I. Intro Spike Lee is one of the many directors who in my opinion always want to keep people alert. Lee is a film director‚ producer‚ writer and actor. He is with no question a very intelligent man that believes he has a responsibility to try and explain the world of black folks and other minorities in their most genuine form. When it comes to making films‚ he always fulfils his responsibility to show the behind the scenes black personnel who are underrepresented in an industry dominated by white
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of giants‚ ogre and witches‚ super heroes’ comics give you that for older people.” Stanley Martin Lieber‚ also known as Stan Lee was born in Manhattan‚ lived there most of his young live. Two of his biggest influences were books and movies. He loved Tarzan‚ Jules Vern‚ King Kong he loved anything that was imaginative. His favorite hero was Errol Flynn. Stan lee has affected the world in many different ways. One of the ways he impacted the world is by his writing. To the people who don’t who
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital April 2012 Executive Summary Determining the appropriate cost of capital for new investment projects for a diversified company like the Marriott Corporation is not an easy endeavor. However‚ it is an important exercise because the more effective the process‚ the better it can help to support the company’s growth objective with its financial strategy. The four components of the financial strategy are: manage rather than own hotel
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