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  1. Resolved Question: Does any2 do business about coca cola?
    2. 7 Jun 2008 at 5:43am
    would any1 no the blank on this: Coca cola makes a large profit without making any mistake each year. The profit is either paid to shareholder as dividends, or kept within the business for future investment. On average the value of coca cola shares has increased, this means that they chose to sell the share. The value of the dividend payment made to shareholder has also increased each year. Coca cola continue to increase their brand portfolio by, bottling and distributing new drinks. New drinks recently launched by diet include (Blank space need help) coca cola has social responsibility, and the launch of the heather option soft drinks has added to their success. Coca cola recycle a large amount of the waste it produces; this is above the target level for recycling set for business by the government. Coca cola has successfully built a strong brand portfolio by introducing new soft drinks and improving existing brands. The main brands offered by coca cola are Fanta Orange,


  2. Resolved Question: What other majors can i study with chemical engineering?
    3. 6 Jun 2008 at 3:09pm
    I am an high school student and i chose to be a chemical engineer in the future because of the variety in job prospects. I have heard that in the future, there will be an increased amount of garduates who have double majors. So i was thinking about business, economics or computer science. Any ideas?


  3. Resolved Question: Unemployment Rate Jumps 5.5 Percent Highest In More Than 2...
    4. 6 Jun 2008 at 2:22pm
    WASHINGTON ? The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 5.5 percent in May _ the biggest monthly rise since 1986 _ as nervous employers cut 49,000 jobs. The latest snapshot of business conditions showed a deeply troubled economy, with dwindling job opportunities in a time of continuing hardship in the housing, credit and financial sectors. "It was ugly," said Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus Research. With employers worried about a sharp slowdown and their own prospects, they clamped down on hiring in May, said Friday's report from the Labor Department. The unemployment rate soared from 5 percent in April to 5.5 percent in May. That was the biggest one-month jump in the rate since February 1986. The increase left the jobless rate at its highest since October 2004. http://www.bls.gov/home.htm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/06/unemployment-rate-jumps-t_n_105630.html


  4. Resolved Question: ( o _ 0 ) I thought President Bush was working on "stimula...
    5. 6 Jun 2008 at 1:59pm
    By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer 2 hours, 15 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 5.5 percent in May ? the biggest monthly rise since 1986 ? as nervous employers cut 49,000 jobs. The latest snapshot of business conditions showed a deeply troubled economy, with dwindling job opportunities in a time of continuing hardship in the housing, credit and financial sectors. "It was ugly," said Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus Research. With employers worried about a sharp slowdown and their own prospects, they clamped down on hiring in May, said Friday's report from the Labor Department. The unemployment rate soared from 5 percent in April to 5.5 percent in May. That was the biggest one-month jump in the rate since February 1986. The increase left the jobless rate at its highest since October 2004. On Wall Street, stocks slid. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled more than 200 points in morning trading. The big jump in the unemployment rate surprised economists who were forecasting a tick-up to 5.1 percent. Payroll losses, however, weren't as deep as the 60,000 that analysts were bracing for. Still, job losses in both March and April turned out to be larger than the government previously reported. Employers now have cut payrolls for five straight months. The White House expressed disappointment, too. "Certainly this isn't a report that we wanted to see today," White House deputy press secretary Scott Stanzel said. He acknowledged that the increase was higher than experts expected. "It is a number that is too high in our view but it is lower than the average of the last three decades." "The White House expressed disappointment, too." Don't express freakin' disappointment figure out how to fix this mess! That's what you get "paid" for! That's why "we elected you." Do your freakin' job! ( o _ 0 )


  5. Resolved Question: Is conservative columnist George Will correct, that indeed...
    6. 6 Jun 2008 at 7:36am
    Rising in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: "I rise to discuss rising energy prices." The president was heading to Saudi Arabia to seek an increase in its oil production, and Schumer's gorge was rising. Saudi Arabia, he said, "holds the key to reducing gasoline prices at home in the short term." Therefore arms sales to that kingdom should be blocked unless it "increases its oil production by one million barrels per day," which would cause the price of gasoline to fall "50 cents a gallon almost immediately." Can a senator, with so many things on his mind, know so precisely how the price of gasoline would respond to that increase in the oil supply? Schumer does know that if you increase the supply of something, the price of it probably will fall. That is why he and 96 other senators recently voted to increase the supply of oil on the market by stopping the flow of oil into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which protects against major physical One million barrels is what might today be flowing from ANWR if in 1995 President Bill Clinton had not vetoed legislation to permit drilling there. One million barrels produce 27 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. Seventy-two of today's senators -- including Schumer, of course, and 38 other Democrats, including Barack Obama, and 33 Republicans, including John McCain -- have voted to keep ANWR's estimated 10.4 billion barrels of oil off the market. So Schumer, according to Schumer, is complicit in taking $10 away from every American who buys 20 gallons of gasoline. "Democracy," said H.L. Mencken, "is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." The common people of New York want Schumer to be their senator, so they should pipe down about gasoline prices, which are a predictable consequence of their political choice. Also disqualified from complaining are all voters who sent to Washington senators and representatives who have voted to keep ANWR's oil in the ground and who voted to put 85 percent of America's offshore territory off-limits to drilling. The U.S. Minerals Management Service says that restricted area contains perhaps 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas -- 10 times as much oil and 20 times as much natural gas as Americans use in a year. Drilling is underway 60 miles off Florida. The drilling is being done by China, in cooperation with Cuba, which is drilling closer to South Florida than U.S. companies are. ANWR is larger than the combined areas of five states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware), and drilling along its coastal plain would be confined to a space one-sixth the size of Washington's Dulles airport. Offshore? Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed or damaged hundreds of drilling rigs without causing a large spill. There has not been a significant spill from an offshore U.S. well since 1969. Of the more than 7 billion barrels of oil pumped offshore in the past 25 years, 0.001 percent -- that is one-thousandth of 1 percent -- has been spilled. Louisiana has more than 3,200 rigs offshore -- and a thriving commercial fishing industry. In his book "Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence,' " Robert Bryce says Brazil's energy success has little to do with its much-discussed ethanol production and much to do with its increased oil production, the vast majority of which comes from off Brazil's shore. Investor's Business Daily reports that Brazil, "which recently made a major oil discovery almost in sight of Rio's beaches," has leased most of the world's deep-sea drilling rigs. In September 2006, two U.S. companies announced that their Jack No. 2 well, in the Gulf 270 miles southwest of New Orleans, had tapped a field with perhaps 15 billion barrels of oil, which would increase America's proven reserves by 50 percent. Just probing four miles below the Gulf's floor costs $100 million. Congress's response to such expenditures is to propose increasing the oil companies' tax burdens. America says to foreign producers: We prefer not to pump our oil, so please pump more of yours, thereby lowering its value, for our benefit. Let it not be said that America has no energy policy.


  6. Resolved Question: Ways to increase costumer loyalty/favor on sims 2 open for...
    7. 5 Jun 2008 at 6:20pm
    I have a tv and a bath room and my shelves are kept stocked. Im on rank 5 and want rank six. I need 15 more stars. Before my sims loved to get a great deal. I even got a good business reveiw, but now my sims get mad at me more and they'll come in, look around and give me a red star for no reason. Any suggestions?


  7. Resolved Question: HOmework, algebra need help, answer this algebraically.?
    8. 5 Jun 2008 at 4:08pm
    Your friend's weekly revenue R (in dollars) from her tie-dye T-Shirt business can be modeled by R= -2t^2 + 37t + 60 where t represents the week of sales, with t= 0 for the first week. IN the first week 3 t-shirts were sold. After that, the sales increased by 2 t-shirts per week. Did the price of T-shirts remain constant during the 8-week summer season. Explain


  8. Voting Question: Job more important than marriage?
    9. 5 Jun 2008 at 3:58am
    Started as a long distance relationship, she cheated on me. We got back together and lived with each other for a year. We then decided to get married. She got a job 2 years ago which enabled her to travel for business to her country 2 times a year. I found it very hard to be without her for so long. Last year she got a promotion which meant she had to travel 1-2 weeks every 4 times per year! This can increase because she is also a rep for that country after they sacked the person that lived there. Last time she left she hardly spoke on the phone and did not tell me she missed me. I felt locked up and neglected, she didn't want me to upset her by showing how much i missed her. When she came back i told her how i felt and she keep telling me that she prefers her job. She then said it was over. We have been talking about it, but she still thinks its perfectly normal for leaving me on my own and hardly talking to me. I don't have a switch to turn my emotions off while she is away!


  9. Resolved Question: Can you dispute this Article? Be specific.?
    10. 4 Jun 2008 at 9:16pm
    An Old Newness By Thomas Sowell, Tuesday, April 29, 2 0 0 8 Thomas S o w e l l Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow The Hoover Institution S t a n f o r d University S t anford, California 94305 Many years ago, a great hitter named Paul Waner was nearing the end of his long career. He entered a ballgame with 2,999 hits -- one hit away from the landmark total of 3,000, which so many hitters want to reach, but which relatively few actually do reach. Waner hit a ball that the fielder did not handle cleanly but the official scorer called it a hit, making it Waner's 3,000th. Paul Waner then sent word to the official scorer that he did not want that questionable hit to be the one that put him over the top. The official scorer reversed himself and called it an error. Later Paul Waner got a clean hit for number 3,000. What reminded me of this is the great fervor that many seem to feel over the prospect of the first black President of the United States. No doubt it is only a matter of time before there is a black president, just as it was only a matter of time before Paul Waner got his 3,000th hit. The issue is whether we want to reach that landmark so badly that we are willing to overlook how questionably that landmark is reached. Paul Waner had too much pride to accept a scratch hit. Choosing a President of the United States is a lot more momentous than a baseball record. We the voters need to have far more concern about who we put in that office that holds the destiny of a nation and of generations yet unborn. There is no reason why someone as arrogant, foolishly clever and ultimately dangerous as Barack Obama should become president -- especially not at a time when the threat of international terrorists with nuclear weapons looms over 300 million Americans. Many people seem to regard elections as occasions for venting emotions, like cheering for your favorite team or choosing a Homecoming Queen. The three leading candidates for their party's nomination are being discussed in terms of their demographics -- race, sex and age -- as if that is what the job is about. One of the painful aspects of studying great catastrophes of the past is discovering how many times people were preoccupied with trivialities when they were teetering on the edge of doom. The demographics of the presidency are far less important than the momentous weight of responsibility that office carries. Just the power to nominate federal judges to trial courts and appellate courts across the country, including the Supreme Court, can have an enormous impact for decades to come. There is no point feeling outraged by things done by federal judges, if you vote on t he basis of emotion for those who appoint them. Barack Obama has already indicated that he wants judges who make social policy instead of just applying the law. He has already tried to stop young violent criminals from being tried as adults. Although Senator Obama has presented himself as the candidate of new things -- using the mantra of 'change' endlessly -- the cold fact is that virtually everything he says about domestic policy is straight out of the 1960s and virtually everything he says about foreign policy is straight out of the 1930s. Protecting criminals, attacking business, increasing government spending, promoting a sense of envy and grievance, raising taxes on people who are productive and subsidizing those who are not -- all this is a re-run of the 1960s. We paid a terrible price for such 1960s notions in the years that followed, in the form of soaring crime rates, double-digit inflation and double-digit unemployment. During the 1960s, ghettoes across the countries were ravaged by riots from which many have not fully recovered to this day. The violence and destruction were concentrated not where there was the greatest poverty or injustice but where there were the most liberal politicians, promoting grievances and hamstringing the police. Internationally, the approach that Senator Obama proposes -- including the media magic of meetings between heads of state -- was tried during the 1930s. That approach, in the name of peace, is what led to the most catastrophic war in human history. Everything seems new to those too young to remember the old and too ignorant of history to have heard about it. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and author of Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy.


  10. Resolved Question: Will the recent changes in gasoline usage create a change ...
    11. 4 Jun 2008 at 7:25pm
    Planes are being grounded, people are using mass transit in record numbers, even the police are using bicycles and such all due to the increase of gasoline. How much of an effect will this have on global warming? And what about next winter when people and businesses seek out ways to reduce their heating costs? Will this too affect global warming?


  11. Resolved Question: are interest rates higher or lower today than they were 3 ...
    12. 4 Jun 2008 at 7:23pm
    Are the current interest rates hiigher or lower than they were 3 years ago? Also, over the past yr, were they? constant, inc or dec? Current US interest rates Visit the Federal Reserve's web site at http://www.federalreserve.gov and select "Economic Research and Data," then "Statistics: Releases and Historical Data," next select "Interest Rates (weekly)," and "Historical Data" to find the most recent values for the following interest rates (under Frequency select Business Day or Monthly) : Federal Funds Rate Discount Rate Bank Prime Interest Rate Are these rates higher or lower than they were three years ago? Have they increased, decreased, or remained constant over the past year? 1 second ago - 3 days left to answer.


  12. Voting Question: Are the current interest rates hiigher or lower than they we...
    13. 4 Jun 2008 at 7:21pm
    constant, inc or dec? Current US interest rates Visit the Federal Reserve's web site at http://www.federalreserve.gov and select "Economic Research and Data," then "Statistics: Releases and Historical Data," next select "Interest Rates (weekly)," and "Historical Data" to find the most recent values for the following interest rates (under Frequency select Business Day or Monthly) : Federal Funds Rate Discount Rate Bank Prime Interest Rate Are these rates higher or lower than they were three years ago? Have they increased, decreased, or remained constant over the past year?


  13. Resolved Question: If all U.S. government bonds are held by U.S. citizens, then?
    14. 4 Jun 2008 at 4:49pm
    If all U.S. government bonds are held by U.S. citizens, then a. there is no net change in national wealth when the national debt changes. b. the bondholders earn no interest income. c. government bonds are worthless. d. the tax liability for funding the debt is not offset by the interest earnings of bondholders. e. there is no tax liability for funding the debt. All the following are potential costs of the U.S. national debt except a. foreign-held debt that must be repaid. b. a higher international trade deficit. c. lower inflation in the future. d. higher interest rates that discourage private investment. e. reduced domestic wealth in the future. If fewer businesses offered new bonds to raise investment funds because government borrowing had increased interest rates, this would be an example of a. the balanced-budget multiplier. b. overestimating the tax multiplier. c. Ricardian equivalence. d. crowding out. e. an increase in consumption


  14. Resolved Question: California Payroll Law question?
    15. 4 Jun 2008 at 3:48pm
    My company hired a new sales rep in California. He is the only staff we have in California. My question deals with lump sum reimbursement for expenses. I have read that I can increase commissions or salary to cover business expenses. I would like to do this with a commission percent increase. Does anyone have a sample policy on this?


  15. Resolved Question: Can I function in a business with my partner who is also m...
    16. 4 Jun 2008 at 4:03am
    We have been together for 4 years and in a digital media business. She has been going to school and is about to graduate. The business is just beginning to take off. Now after a few counseling session and doing very well, she up and decided she wants to end the relationship yet stay in the business. It's the worst time for this to happen. All we've worked for for the past years is about to payoff but this new arrangement is going to complicate and add costs to an already fragile beginning. My hope is that as we work, she'll see that we can funtion well together and we'll get back together, but I'm also starting to feel angry at her for throwing this monkey wrench in the works with working harder to work it out. The office is in our home and she has left to live elsewhere so there's another increased cost. can even work? BTW 10 days ago we were having fun and making love, 5 days ago she left and today, without talking to our counselor first, told me she was done with our relationship.


  16. Voting Question: Salary Increase Due To Education Increase?
    17. 3 Jun 2008 at 11:53pm
    On average, by how much would your income/salary increase if you were to increase your education from a associate's degree to a bachelor's degree in Business Administration?


  17. Resolved Question: Hundred Years' War. Proofread answer. How is it? Easy 10 p...
    18. 3 Jun 2008 at 10:39pm

  18. Resolved Question: Accounting Question?
    19. 3 Jun 2008 at 8:04pm
    You are a loan officer when an owner of a stero components store applies for a business loan from your bank. Your analysis of the store's financial statements reveals a record increase in revenues and profits for the current year. Further analysis shows nearly of this increase is due to a promotional campaign where consumers bought now and pay nothing until January 1 of next year. The store recorded all of these sales as accrued revenue. Do you see any concerns in approving a loan to this store?


  19. Resolved Question: Econ budget questions?
    20. 3 Jun 2008 at 6:38pm
    1) Fiscal conservatives favor an annually balanced budget primarily because they: a. believe the private sector is inherently unstable b. believe the public debt will soon cause the Federal government to go bankrupt c. believe deficit financing leads to an undesirable expansion of the public sector of the economy d. fear interest payments on the debt will increase income inequality 2) A major criticism of a cyclically balanced budget is that: a. tax revenues automatically fall in recessions, but do not automatically increase in expansions b. automatic (built-in) stabilizers are so effective that discretionary fiscal policy is unnecessary c. such a policy has an inflationary bias d. upswings and downswings of the business cycle are not always of equal magnitude and duration All help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!


  20. Resolved Question: Ever heard of Thomas Sowell? Black PhD.?
    21. 3 Jun 2008 at 5:31pm
    AN OLD NEWNESS > By Thomas Sowell > Tuesday, April 29, 2008 > > Many years ago, a great hitter named Paul Waner was nearing the end of > his long career. He entered a ballgame with 2,999 hits -- one hit away > from the landmark total of 3,000, which so many hitters want to reach, > but which relatively few actually do reach. > > Waner hit a ball that the fielder did not handle cleanly but the > official scorer called it a hit, making it Waner's 3,000th. Paul Waner > then sent word to the official scorer that he did not want that > questionable hit to be the one that put him over the top. > > The official scorer reversed himself and called it an error. Later > Paul Waner got a clean hit for number 3,000. > > What reminded me of this is the great fervor that many seem to feel > over the prospect of the first black President of the United States . > > No doubt it is only a matter of time before there is a black > president, just as it was only a matter of time before Paul Waner got > his 3,000th hit. The issue is whether we want to reach that landmark > so badly that we are willing to overlook how questionably that > landmark is reached. > > Paul Waner had too much pride to accept a scratch hit. Choosing a > President of the United States is a lot more momentous than a > baseball record. We the voters need to have far more concern about who > we put in that office that holds the destiny of a nation and of > generations yet unborn. > > There is no reason why someone as arrogant, foolishly clever and > ultimately dangerous as Barack Obama should become president -- > especially not at a time when the threa t of international terrorists > with nuclear weapons looms over 300 million Americans. > > Many people seem to regard elections as occasions for venting > emotions, like cheering for your favorite team or choosing a > Homecoming Queen. > > The three leading candidates for their party's nomination are being > discussed in terms of their demographics -- race, sex and age -- as if > that is what the job is about. > > One of the painful aspects of studying great catastrophes of the past > is discovering how many times people were preoccupied with > trivialities when they were teetering on the edge of doom. The > demographics of the presidency are far less important than the > momentous weight of responsibility that office carries. > > Just the power to nominate federal judges to trial courts and > appellate courts across the country, including the Supreme Court, can > have an enormous impact for decades to come. There is no point feeling > outraged by things done by federal judges, if you vote on t he basis > of emotion for those who appoint them. > > Barack Obama has already indicated that he wants judges who make > social policy instead of just applying the law. He has already tried > to stop young violent criminals from being tried as adults. > > Although Senator Obama has presented himself as the candidate of new > things -- using the mantra of "change" endlessly -- the cold fact is > that virtually everything he says about domestic policy is straight > out of the 1960s and virtually everything he says about foreign policy > is straight out of the 1930s. > > Protecting criminals, attacking business, increasing government > spending, promoting a sense of envy and grievance, raising taxes on > people who are productive and subsidizing those who are not -- all > this is a re-run of the 1960s. > > We paid a terrible price for such 1960s notions in the years that > followed, in the form of soaring crime rates, double-digit inflation > and double-digit unemployment. During the 1960s, ghet t oes across the > countries were ravaged by riots from which many have not fully > recovered to this day. > > The violence and destruction were concentrated not where there was the > greatest poverty or injustice but where there were the most liberal > politicians, promoting grievances and hamstringing the police. > > Internationally, the approach that Senator Obama proposes -- including > the media magic of meetings between heads of state -- was tried during > the 1930s. That approach, in the name of peace, is what led to the > most catastrophic war in human history. > > Everything seems new to those too young to remember the old and too > ignorant of history to have heard about it. > > Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and author > of Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy. >


  21. Resolved Question: Please check my work! No one else will!?
    22. 3 Jun 2008 at 4:40pm
    Please check these problems and correct me if any are wrong! I need an A on this test! please help! 1: Which of the following made possible the American industrial growth of the late 1800s? the household economy technological advances * government reforms the development of labor unions 2: Which of the following revolutionized American communications in the late 1800s? steam engines and steamships the telegraph and telephone * a workable light filament refrigeration and sewing machines 3: One of Thomas Edison's major accomplishments was developing a more efficient way to make steel inventing the telegraph and telephone helping to make electricity more widely available * preaching the "gospel of wealth" 4: Andrew Carnegie argued that the success of wealthy industrialists helped the entire nation * should be limited by the government was illegal according to the Sherman Antitrust Act had no effect on average Americans 5: During the late 1800s, children often worked in factories because their parents believed in the process of "natural selection" families needed the income to survive * employers offered high wages to skilled children there were no public schools for children to attend 6: One thing a person could do in 1900 but not in 1865 was ride on a train sew a dress play a phonograph * read at night 7: Which statement best describes the lifestyle of homesteaders? Homesteaders lived in isolation and avoided social contact. Most women worked outside their homestead. * Homesteaders lived simple and secure lives. Homesteaders often had to struggle even for the necessities. 8: Which one of the following is a lingering myth about the West? It was settled by a variety of races. * Settlers were nearly all white males. Settlers nearly destroyed Native American peoples. Western settlement damaged the environment. 9: Farm mechanization resulted in an increase in farm production a decline in the number of eastern farms * the end of bonanza farms stable crop prices 10: What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act? They had to live on the land all year long. * They had to farm the land for five years in a row. They had to file a claim with a bank. THey had to whel portable cabins from plot to plot. 11: What drew many new immigrants to the West? the opportunity to learn new languages the climate on the plains "land-grant" colleges cheap land and new jobs * 12: How did new technology help farmers on the Great Plains? It saved them time and effort It eliminated insect pests * It made crops drought-resistant It lowered their dabt 13: During the late 1800s, the port of entry for the majority of immigrants was Boston * San Francisco Philadelphia New York 14: Which of the following was a major result of both immigration and the increaded productivity of factory jobs in the late 1800s? the rapid expansion of urban areas * mechanization of agriculture high wages for factory workers overpopulation of the South 15: In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted dramatically, with most immigrants now coming from northern European countries southern and eastern European countries * Mexico and Central America China and Japan 16: One reason that the United States became more urban during the late 1800s is that farm mechines and factory-made goods reduced the need for farm labor * nobody wanted to live on farms anymore immigrants did not know how to do farm work union organizing of farm workers had not yet begun 17: Which of the following attacted many immigrants to the United States? the military draft strong alien land laws a chance at a better life * labor unions 18: Where did European immigrants often settle in the United States? in western railroad towns in their ports of entry * in the South near lakes 19: When African Americans left southern farms in the late 1800s, where did they relocate? in western minig towns in Mexican border towns in nearby cities * in suburbs 20: Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of cities? migration to the suburbs improvements in transportation construction of skyscrapers * immigration 21: Which of the following best characterizes urban areas in the early 1900s? slums and tenements a growing middle class population open spaces, trees, and grass ethnically mixed neighborhoods * 22: Which became the most popular American sport during the late 1800s? football baseball * basketball hockey 23: In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional established the "separate-but-equal" doctrine, upholding segregation * ordered public school districts to upgrade schools for African Americans ordered universities to enroll more women and African Americans 24: Which of the following factors helped to reduce household chores by 1900? technological advances * smaller homes inexpensive domestic help division of labor among family members 25: Which of the following were popular forms of entertainment in the late 1800s? vaudeville moving pictures trolley parks all of the above * 26: Which was a result of the Spanish-American War? Cuba became a Spanish protectorate Puerto Rico and Guam were made US territories Spain admitted it had blown up the Maine The Philippines won independence from foreign rule * 27: The building of the Panama Canal was important because it helped staballize the economies of Latin American countries improved relations between Colombia and the United States facilitated movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports * promoted European investment in the United States 28: Under imperialism, the stronger nation attempts to dominate a weaker country sell its products to a weaker country create an empire all of the above * 29: Most Progressives argeed that the government should nationalize industries abolish home rule in cities and states protect workers and help the poor * outlaw unions 30: Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election of 1912, partly due to Taft's decision not to run for a second term the fact that he was the only candidate with a reform platform a split in the Republican vote * the lack of competition 31: Progressivism was halted by the efforts of the NAACP World War I the repeal of the prohibition amendment * the victory of the Bull Moose Party 32: Which belief was held by most Progressives? The government should be more accountable to its citizens Housing and healthcare should remain private The government should protect agricultural interests The government should intervene in unfair business practices * 33: In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel entitled The Jungle exposed dangerous workplace conditions in the meatpacking industry for women in the garment industry for children working long hours * for miners in West Virginia and Colorado 34: One way reformers hoped to end corruption in govenrment was to establish an income tax * give voters more direct say in lawmaking provide more welfare services use the army to oust political machines 35: Many Americans became more supportive of sufrage as a result of women's activities in World War I * the Seventeenth Amendment the Bradwell v. Illinois decision the repeal of prohibition 36: The battle for women's suffrage ended with the ratification of the 16th Amendment 17th Amendment 18th Amendment 19th Amendment * 37: Which event sparked World War I? the sinking of the Lusitania the German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine Russia's quest for a warm-water port the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne * 38: Which of the following was a major factor in the decision of the United States to enter World War I? Britain's naval blockade of Germany Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare * Vladimir Lenin's rise to power in Russia France's fall to the Central Powers 39: An underlying cause of World War I was the ongoing dispute over the convoy system the web of alliances European nations created for their defense * an alliance between the autocratic rulers of Germany and Russia American insistence on neutrality 40: After Lenin seized control of Russia in 1917, Germany surrendered the Allies declared war on Russia the United States entered the war Russia withdrew from the war * 41: One of the main causes of the war, imperialism, involved invading Belgium and France acquiring uncolonized areas of the world * blockading enemy ports acting in a nation's own interest 42: The German U-boat changed the rules of naval warfare because it attacked only in the summer remained hidden and fired without warning * avoided merchant ships surfaced before firing its torpedoes 43: The death toll from World War I was the highest for American troops low, because of advances in weapons extraordinarily high * high for Germany, but low for the Allies 44: In the 1920s, many American consumers began to adopt the practice of recycling sewing their own clothes buying goods on credit * publishing their own newspapers 45: Henry Ford's dream was to sell cars that came in many colors could travel 100 miles per hour ordinary people could afford * would attract wealthy business owners 46: One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was an increase in alcoholism a decline in dancing and socializing the rise of organized crime * the creation of urban artistic colonies 47: How did life change for American women in the 1920s? Many women felt more fre to experiment with bolder styles and manners * Married women found it much easier to balance careers and family life Most women grew long hair and stopped using makeup Women began to dominate the work force, often taking leadership positions 48: Jazz was brought to northern cities by older generations musicians from the Mexico City area southern Arfican Americans * World War I veterans 49: The rise of films, radio broadcasting, and the news media all helped to bring about organized crime a national culture * the Garvey movement the Ku Klux Klan 50: During the Depression, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans made great strides in equal rights legislation often lost jobs to white laborers * were less affected than other groups were encouraged to start their own businesses 51: A major environmental crisis of the 1930s was known as the Dust Bowl * the Grapes of Wrath Black Tuesday the Great Crash 52: How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in 1929? They called in their loans They pooled money to buy stocks They raced to sell their stocks * They pledged their stocks as collateral 53: A fundamental disagreement between the candidates in the 1932 presidential election concerned whether or not the Depression existed the federal governement should try to fix people's problems Americans should offer aid to European economies any relief efforts were necessary to ease the ecnomic crisis * 54: The rise in homelessness mainly resulted from increased immigration high interest rates a decline in housing construction laid off workers losing their homes * 55: During the Depression working women were embarassed to be working respected for being family providers paid extra if they got married accused of taking jobs away from men * 56: Which New Deal agency was created to help businesses? Federal Reserve Board National Recovery Administration * Civilian Conservation Corps Home Owner's Loan Corporation 57: What criticism did many Progressives make of the New Deal? It unfairly taxed successful, hardworking people It poromoted a regimented, militaristic society It did not do enough to redistribute wealth * Many of its programs smacked of "Bolshevism" 58: The "black cabinet" was an unofficial group of African American officeholders * a loose coalition of opponents to the New Deal the nickname given to Roosevelt advisors Harry Hopkins and Harold Ickes African American Cabinet members who opposed the New Deal 59: How did Roosevelt try to help business? by raising tariffs * by stabilizing industrial prices by expanding foreign trade by abolishing the minimum wage 60: How did Roosevelt's programs help farmers? by raising crop production by encouraging farmer associations by allowing Mexican labor by giving financial assistance to farmers * 61: Sit-down strikes were so successful that the Supreme Court outlawed them * employers hired only nonunion workers unions won all their demands Congress passed the Wagner Act


  22. Resolved Question: please help me?
    23. 3 Jun 2008 at 12:16pm
    please help me finish this single working mother trying to finish school.. best answer ten points thank you sooo much 1: Scarcity is defined as: not having sufficient resources to produce enough to fulfill unlimited subjective wants. not having sufficient resources to fulfill limited subjective wants. having sufficient resources to fulfill unlimited subjective wants. having sufficient resources to fulfill limited subjective wants. 2: A ______ is a market where price is determined by the unregulated interchange of supply and demand. This is in contrast to a _______ where supply, demand, and price are set directly by government. open market, controlled market free market, controlled market open market, closed market free market, closed market 3: ______ is the direct exchange of goods or services without the use of money. consumerism barter economy retail 4: Which of the following is not one of money's main uses? medium of exchange unit of account measure of worth store of wealth 5: The main economic goals of nearly all nations are to promote: economic stability and high employment with a minimum increase in prices. economic growth and high employment with a minimum increase in prices. economic stability and low employment with a maximum increase in prices. economic growth and high employment with a maximum increase in prices. 6: A recession is usually defined in macroeconomics as: a fall of a country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in two or more successive quarters of a year. a fall of a country's real GDP in two or more successive years. a general drop in the real GDP. a severe depression. 7: When the price of oranges rises, it is very likely because the number of oranges demanded at the existing price _____ the number of oranges actually available. is greater than is less than is equal to not enough information 8: The hope for profits and the threat of losses is what forces a business owner in a capitalist economy to produce at the lowest cost and sell what the customers are most willing to pay for. This is an example of: Supply and demand Economic growth The downfall of capitalism Profits as incentives 9: Whether we look at laws, prophetic teachings, psalms; or the gospel of Jesus, we find the constantly reiterated conviction that all oppression, including economic oppression, is _____ the Divine will. contrary to accepted as caused by not enough information 10: Which of the following is not a type of economy? capitalist socialist consumerist feudal 11: Which of the following is not one of three economic commands given by God? The price of land must be fixed. Water must be communal. There must be restrictions put on interest. Profit on food must be forbidden. 12: When large supplies of an item are made, the item's cost will go _____. When very few supplies of the item are made, the price will go _____. When the demand of an item is _____, the price rises. When the demand of an item is _____, the price will go down. down, up, high, low up, down, high, low down, up, low, high up, down, low, high 13: Which of the following is a tragic effect of unemployment? Wife and child abuse increase. Divorce rates go up. Street crime flourishes. All of the above. 14: Economics is the study of: the use of alternative resources which have multiple uses. the use of available resources which have multiple uses. the use of scarce resources which have alternative uses. the use of scare resources which have very few uses. 15: __________ comes from the concept of specialization. Private business Communism Division of labor Supply and demand 16: If a shipwrecked sailor on a desert island is capable of either catching 10 fish or harvesting 5 coconuts in one day, then the opportunity cost of producing one coconut is ____ fish. one two three five 17: The two main Ingredients of the U.S. Economy are: natural resources and land land and labor natural resources and labor land and money 18: The American free enterprise system emphasizes: public ownership. private ownership. both public and private ownership. not enough information. 19: Usually the short term goal of open market operations is to: create more jobs. achieve a specific long term interest rate target. achieve a specific short term interest rate target. increase stock market values. 20: During the 1870-1920 period the industrialized nations set up _______, with one of the last being the Federal Reserve in 1913. credit unions gold reserves central banking systems private banking systems 21: When used as part of a commodity money system, which of the following is not a function of paper currency? to reduce the danger of transporting gold to reduce the possibility of debasement of coins to avoid the reduction in circulating medium to hoarding and losses to avoid the decrease in value of precious stones 22: The gold standard, in theory, limits the power of governments to cause _______ by excessive issue of paper currency. price inflation unemployment wealth and poverty stagflation 23: In practice all types of monetary policy involve modifying the amount of base currency in circulation. This process of changing the liquidity of base currency is called _______. seignority interest rate adjustment open market operations none of the above


  23. Resolved Question: Is the Climate Security Act nothing but a hidden tax for y...
    24. 3 Jun 2008 at 10:13am
    the Senate is considering a ?cap-and-trade? energy policy that will attempt to impose a limit on greenhouse gas emissions, principally carbon dioxide, and establish a trading system for emissions allowances. But in reality, it will place severe regulatory burdens on domestic industry, impede trade, and harm our nation?s economy. Introduced by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.), the Climate Security Act is nothing more than a hidden tax that would raise costs on energy use by $1.13 trillion by 2018! These costs would severely undermine the nation?s ability to attract businesses and capital while at the same time draining household budgets by increasing gas and electric bills for American families. The Climate Security Act will also create an army of new bureaucrats by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a greenhouse gas (GHG) registry, create a GHG emission allowance transfer system, and set emission allowances for 2012-2050. Is this environmentalism or basically Democratic tax and spend tactics going wild?


  24. Resolved Question: Prospective job duties that were talked about during my in...
    25. 3 Jun 2008 at 9:01am
    I have worked at my company on and off for over 10 years. I have left a couple of times, once on my own and once due to a layoff. When I was hired back, on two separate occasions, the management talked about having me do some outside sales calls and customer calls to increase business. Many people don't enjoy this kind of work, but I do. I expressed this during my interviews and was looking forward to the challenge. I feel my talents and experience could be put to good use and that if given the chance, I could increase sales for the company and possibly be eligible for a raise, commissions, etc. I am becoming very bored with the job in its current state. Twice I was told I was being given this project and no one has moved on it. I want to approach my manager about it, but I'm not sure what to say. It's been 9 months and I am wondering if I dropped the ball. Maybe I should have spoken up sooner? Any advice on how to react to this situation?


  25. Resolved Question: Converting a GDL to an LLB ? Worth it?
    26. 3 Jun 2008 at 7:52am
    About me: I wish to qualify as a solicitor in England. 29, 2.1 BSc (Hons) from Durham, Msc (Cass) with respectable grades and 3 years in business. No training contract as yet ? applied to small number of target firms interview, tests, failed at final hurdle on one occasion? discovered that I should have applied to a much larger volume of firms. Just finished GDL Exams? is it worth converting it to an LLB? (It costs around £900) with additional studying for the summer Will it increase my chances of getting a training contract? oups... more like £1600


  26. Resolved Question: ECU business advice?
    27. 3 Jun 2008 at 5:09am
    Hi, i need some advice for my business here. My business is totally of customizing cars. But when it comes to competition, i have lack of something. I need some advice on tuning ECU and EMS. How i can change the ECU settings? Is there any kind of software or device for that? bcoz i want to change the map tables through some device or software or connecting my laptop. I asked this question several times but left un-answered. I want some meaningful answer which will also help increasing my business. Thanks


  27. Resolved Question: Have you seen the tax returns from University Hospital whe...
    28. 2 Jun 2008 at 10:57pm
    I thought they were non profit? I just came across them. http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/363/488/2005-363488183-0254ace9-9.pdf And they were involved in a scandal? And Michelle's annual salary was increased from 122,000 to 317,000 in one year? A non profit hospital? And they say republicans are for big business? And I thought Obama was for affordable healthcare? Not overcharging the uninsured. What's the deal? http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/09/hospital_offici.html http://isteve.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-was-mrs-obama-worth-122k.html My point is this is supposed to be a non profit organization that helps out the uninsured when they are in fact very profitable and overcharge the uninsured. Propaganda? This is facts. Ask Michelle. Call the hospital. THEY HAVE ADMITTED TO GIVING HER THIS RAISE. Look at the tax returns. Again, Obama cult followers refusing to believe blind facts.... I swear, you are like Nazis. Sage- Your point? Kerry was destroying Bush at this time in 2004.


  28. Resolved Question: How do you feel when you see an overweight individual eati...
    29. 2 Jun 2008 at 11:52am
    I was walking by the food court in the mall yesterday and saw someone who was roughly 100lbs overweight eating a very large cheesesteak and a big plate of fries. One half of me wants to shake the person and the other half thinks it is none of my business. Given the increase in obesity along with rising health and food costs, should something done?


  29. Resolved Question: Can you help me to better understand a business/finance qu...
    30. 2 Jun 2008 at 11:50am
    If a companies net income was lower than last year but analysts estimate that the company's net cash flow increased - What factors could explain this discrepancy? thank you that was very helpful


  30. Resolved Question: Budgeted single mom over 40 interested in attending nursin...
    31. 2 Jun 2008 at 11:05am
    I have allowed the enormity of the questions I am asking to stop me from doing anything and can not afford to be inactive about this decision any longer. I am single, non insured, currently in great health, licensed esthetician operating my own business out of a Chiropractic Wellness clinic. I Love my career but believe there may be limitations to it's ability to provide a solid retirement for me as a single mom. Benefits to what I do now: Incredible flexibility in schedule, sufficient income for my current situation, great work environment, ability to increase income. Disadvantages: No insurance provided, No retirement, Luxury business in a somwhat economically challenged area. My thought is to return to college (existing credits of about sophmore level initially business major) to acquire nursing degree ( which one? I don't know) Combine with Esthetics license and work for plastic surgeon. Any thoughts, input or suggestions would be appreciated!


  31. Resolved Question: how do I find out who owns a property in Louisiana?
    32. 2 Jun 2008 at 10:52am
    The house and 10 acres foreclosed a few months ago and was auctioned at sheriffs sale. I don't know if anyone bought it or not. The grass surrounding the house is at least 3 feet tall. We have been cutting the acre or so by our front yard because it is close to where my children play. We have seen an increase in snakes, mice and mosquitos. I tried calling the real estate company that last had it and the number has been disconnected. I am not sure if they went out of business. If we keep cutting the yard are we entitled to anything? It is ridiculous, our yards are connected and it makes our yard look like we aren't keeping up. any help??


  32. Resolved Question: Why is the crime rate rising as the cost of living rises?
    33. 1 Jun 2008 at 11:37pm
    I've noticed since the the cost of living started to rise crime has increased rapidly. Robberies, murders, and any crime there is are seen on the local and national news ever single day. Do you think it will get better and Why does this happen? I mean why do ppl feel the need to kill or rob when something isnt going well it their life? Honestly nothing is going well in my life and i dont feel the need to steal or shoot anyone. I may get pissed and yell but i go on about my business and try to solve it without involving others.. Shine me some light on this subject, i'm willing to know why. thanks.


  33. Resolved Question: Jehovah's Witnesses: With the recent spate of question con...
    34. 1 Jun 2008 at 8:25pm
    to the number of questions being raised in recent years in churches, and editorial pages, that churches seem more interested in the money than parishioner welfare? Last year, questions were raised about the finances and control by one family of a mega church in Overland Park. In Grandview, a Pastor was killed by his granddaughter and friends to steal a $4 million slush fund he kept in his home vault. Millions on enlarging the church of the former Kansas City Mayor, the Reverend Emanuel Cleaver. This while his parishioners are mostly low income. Even the Salvation Army was questioned over a California Captain getting a $1 million house, than having the house removed, and a $2 million one built. All from organization funding. Check the 2004 LA Times on that one. As a cab driver, I've picked up people from the Theology School. I ask what about the Bible they are learning? I was told they were learning the business of running a church and how to increase donations. Are the Witnesses, as well as other churches that don't spend millions on large chruches, and big salaries, making most of organized religion look bad?


  34. Resolved Question: Looking For Some Comments?
    35. 1 Jun 2008 at 12:37pm
    Dear sir or madam: I would like to get some comments and / or critics on articles I wrote. Please go to the following links: http://www.socyberty.com/Languages/Dictionaries-and-Encyclopedias-Online.132408 http://www.socyberty.com/Education/Pros-and-Cons-of-Online-Education.131418 http://www.bizcovering.com/Business-and-Society/The-Tourist-Industry-For-Good-or-Bad. 127331 http://www.socyberty.com/Society/Is-Freedom-an-Illusion.128284 http://www.socyberty.com/Crime/Crimes-That-Affect-Young-People-and-Steps-to-be-Taken. 130510 http://www.bizcovering.com/Small-Business/Small-Businesses-How-to-Increase-Sales.1295 66 http://www.bizcovering.com/Business/Small-Businesses-Location.130466 http://www.cinemaroll.com/Drama/One-Flew-Over-the-Cuckoos-Nest.129523 You can post your comments on the article itself or you can get back to me with them at moshesimonar@yahoo.com or at (845) 537-5102. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Ernesto Simon


  35. Resolved Question: Buying ebay laptop, please need your help....?
    36. 1 Jun 2008 at 4:04am
    ?Processor: The Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 processor has a 1.83 GHz processor speed, fast 667 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and 2 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.) With two computational execution cores in a single processor, it provides greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. Some of the advanced Intel innovations of the Core 2 Duo processor include: ?Smart Memory Access: Improves system performance by hiding memory latency, thus optimizing the use of available computer data bandwidth to provide data to the processor when and where it is needed. ?Advanced Digital Media Boost: Effectively doubles the execution speed for instructions used widely in multimedia and graphics applications. ?Dynamic Power Coordination: Coordinates Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and idle power-management state (C-states) transitions independently per core to help save power. ?Deeper Sleep with Dynamic Cache Sizing: Saves power by flushing cache data to system memory during periods of inactivity to lower CPU voltage. ? ?Hard Drive: The 200 GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 RPM) provides more than enough capacity for storing a large audio and video library, as well as extra space required for video editing. This SATA hard drive also quickens the pace with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to Firewire and USB 2.0. ?Memory: The 3 GB of installed RAM (PC5300, 1 x 2 GB, 2 x 1 GB) helps boost the amount of available video RAM that's shared with this notebook's video card. It also offers a top-of-class 667 MHz speed. This notebook has a 4 GB maximum RAM capacity (2 x 2 GB). To receive the faster data transfer benefits of the dual-channel DDR2 RAM, any RAM additions require memory modules of same capacity and clockspeed. ?DVD/CD Drive: The dual-layer DVD drive is compatible with a wide range of formats, including both DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs, CD-RW discs, and dual-layer (DL) DVD+/-R discs, which can hold up to 8.5 GB of data--great for backing up your MP3 collection or your most important documents. It features the following speeds: 4x for DVD+R DL, 4x for DVD-R DL, 8x for both single layer DVD±R, 8x for single layer DVD+RW, 6x for single layer DVD-RW, 5x for DVD-RAM, and 24x for CD-R/RW. It reads DVD-ROM discs at 8x and CD-ROMs at 24x. ?Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a standard 82-key keyboard and electro-static two-button touchpad. Playback controls include play/pause, stop, forward, rewind, AV mode, mute, volume +/-, capture, and display off. Screen, Video & Audio You'll enjoy razor-sharp graphics and widescreen movies with the 14.1-inch WXGA high-definition screen, with its 1280 x 800-pixel resolution. The XBRITE-ECO technology delivers brilliant colors and stunning clarity with efficient power usage, and it features an anti-reflective coating to minimize reflection and ensure a beautifully clear image from any viewing angle. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, which uses shared video memory (up to 358 MB allocated from the system memory) and provides Windows Vista Aero interface support and enhanced 3D graphics performance--delivering over 2x scores on 3DMark 06. Intel Clear Video Technology provides outstanding video playback with sharper image quality, increased clarity, and customizable color controls. It also enables enhanced visual qualit It also enables enhanced visual quality of interlaced content on progressive displays. Networking, Connectivity & Expansion?Be ready for the next platform in wireless connectivity with the integrated quad-mode Intel Wireless 4965AGN Wi-Fi chip. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, it offers up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range as existing 802.11g wireless. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found in home routers and wi-fi hotspots) as well as 802.11a networks (which has a higher throughput, but more limited range--great for closed office environments). With the Bluetooth connectivity, you can communicate and synchronize with Bluetooth-enabled peripherals such as PDAs and cell phones as well as enjoy wireless stereo music streaming (thanks to its embedded A2DP profile). This notebook also includes a next-generation ExpressCard 34 card slot (though no PCMCIA slot), which lets you take advantage of thinner, faster, and light lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage, and security features. Here's the full list of connectivity options: ?3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players ?1 FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) port for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals ?Video output: 1 VGA, 1 S-Video ?1 ExpressCard/34 slot ?Memory Stick/Memory Stick DUO slot (with MagicGate functionality) ?Secure Digital memory card slot (compatible with MMC cards) ?1 headphone jack, 1 microphone jack ?10/100 Fast Ethernet ?56K modem (V.90) Operating System?Windows Vista Home Premium is the operating system for users with advanced computer needs, and it includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center for watching DVD movies and accessing your digital audio library. You can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment content. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow display will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. It is also easier than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect via Wi-Fi. Every edition of Windows Vista provides the essential tools and technologies to help protect you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-mail. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures long before you have lost any important personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions include parental control features that allow you to manage and monitor your family's use of games, the Internet, instant messagin g, and other activit Preloaded Software?Includes Sony Click to Disc (for easy DVD creation), Microsoft Works SE 9.0, Microsoft Office 2007 (60-day trial), Symantec Norton 360 All-In-One Security (with 60 days of Live Update). Dimensions & Weight?This notebook measures 13.2 x 9.8 x 1.67 inches (WxDxH) and weighs 5.5 pounds. Power?It's powered by the VGP-BPS9/S rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which has a battery life of between 2 and 4 hours (depending on usage). What's in the Box?This package contains the VGN-CR410E/N notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. is it good enough for 900$?? May be it lacks something??


  36. Resolved Question: Is living in America really worth it?
    37. 1 Jun 2008 at 3:52am
    My parents are both work-a-holics and have work pagers that beep whenever their bosses decide to crack the whip. I don't get to see them as often, and I never was able to get along with them. So much for FAMILY. A family is just two people who produce more cheap labor for big businesses to exploit. I live in the suburbs where I can't go anywhere without driving. I'm in college, but it costs a lot and makes me live like a poor person, while most of my friends decided to forgo college and pick up salary jobs that don't pay that much, but enough. But these are intelligent kids. I think we are deterring education in America, so that big businesses can have a lot of cheap labor, because of course you have to pay the college grad more. Gas prices and food prices are going up. While wages stay the same. Big businesses pass on the increasing costs onto the consumer. I go to college, but I heard this doesn't AT ALL guarantee me a job. I feel so helpless in times like Reading about how life sucks more in another country doesn't make me feel any better about living in a country where we trade in our lives for currency.


  37. Resolved Question: Business help!?!?
    38. 1 Jun 2008 at 2:10am
    a.What is the major factor that affects the supply of oil? (Hint: It?s the same major factor affecting the demand of oil.) b.If producers find additional oil reserves, what will happen to the price of oil? c.If producers must extract oil from more costly wells, what will happen to the price that you pay to fill up your gas tank? d.If China?s economy continues to expand rapidly, what will happen to the price of oil? e.If drivers in the United States start favoring fuel-efficient cars over SUVs, will gas be cheaper or expensive? f.In your opinion, will oil producers be able to supply enough oil to meet the increasing demand for oil-related products?


  38. Resolved Question: Help please?
    39. 1 Jun 2008 at 1:09am
    Inoke Gallery had the following petty cash transactions in February of the current year: Feb. 2 Wrote a $300 check, cashed it, and gave the proceeds and the petty cashbox to Bo Brown, the petty cashier. 5 Purchased bond paper for the copier for $10.13 that is immediately used. 9 Paid $22.50 COD shipping charges on merchandise purchased for resale, terms FOB shipping point. Metro uses the perpetual system to account for merchandise inventory. 12 Paid $9.95 postage to express mail a contract to a client. 14 Reimbursed Alli Buck, the manager, $58 for business mileage on her car. 20 Purchased stationery for $77.76 that is immediately used. 23 Paid a courier $18 to deliver merchandise sold to a customer, terms FOB destination. 25 Paid $15.10 COD shipping charges on merchandise purchased for resale, terms FOB shipping point. 27 Paid $64 for postage expenses. 28 The fund had $21.23 remaining in the petty cash box. Sorted the petty cash receipts by accounts affected and exchanged them for a check to reimburse the fund for expenditures. The fund amount is also increased to $400. Required 1. Prepare the journal entry to establish the petty cash fund. 2. Prepare a petty cash payments report for February with these categories: delivery expense, mileage expense, postage expense, merchandise inventory (for transportation-in), and office supplies expense. Sort the payments into the appropriate categories and total the expenditures in each category. 3. Prepare the journal entries for part 2 to both (a) reimburse and (b) increase the fund amount.


  39. Resolved Question: How VCs or investors invest in businesses in terms of shares?
    40. 1 Jun 2008 at 12:51am
    Hi, Say I have a business with 4 shareholders with share (ordinary) percentage of 50% : 30% : 10% : 10%, where I own 50% and the only full-time employee. If a VC or investor would like to invest $300,000, and a pre-money valuation of $0.5 mil, what's the most common deal they would take, as in, -what will be the new share percentages? -Would they ended up as majority share holder? What I understand is VCs would not own majority as they want to keep my motivation up to run the business and also they wouldn't know how to run our business -If they decide to take lesser shares, wouldn't that requires them to invest a smaller sum, just to balance the whole percentage thing? The thing is we need a higher sum of investment to grow the company -If we increase the company valuation, wouldn't that seems to far-fetch for them to invest in? My ultimate question is, do I need to buy over my smaller shareholders' share (the 10% and 10%) to maintain majority?


  40. Resolved Question: please help..?
    41. 31 May 2008 at 11:52pm
    please help me finish this.. best answer ten points thank you sooo soo much 1: Scarcity is defined as: not having sufficient resources to produce enough to fulfill unlimited subjective wants. not having sufficient resources to fulfill limited subjective wants. having sufficient resources to fulfill unlimited subjective wants. having sufficient resources to fulfill limited subjective wants. 2: A ______ is a market where price is determined by the unregulated interchange of supply and demand. This is in contrast to a _______ where supply, demand, and price are set directly by government. open market, controlled market free market, controlled market open market, closed market free market, closed market 3: ______ is the direct exchange of goods or services without the use of money. consumerism barter economy retail 4: Which of the following is not one of money's main uses? medium of exchange unit of account measure of worth store of wealth 5: The main economic goals of nearly all nations are to promote: economic stability and high employment with a minimum increase in prices. economic growth and high employment with a minimum increase in prices. economic stability and low employment with a maximum increase in prices. economic growth and high employment with a maximum increase in prices. 6: A recession is usually defined in macroeconomics as: a fall of a country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in two or more successive quarters of a year. a fall of a country's real GDP in two or more successive years. a general drop in the real GDP. a severe depression. 7: When the price of oranges rises, it is very likely because the number of oranges demanded at the existing price _____ the number of oranges actually available. is greater than is less than is equal to not enough information 8: The hope for profits and the threat of losses is what forces a business owner in a capitalist economy to produce at the lowest cost and sell what the customers are most willing to pay for. This is an example of: Supply and demand Economic growth The downfall of capitalism Profits as incentives 9: Whether we look at laws, prophetic teachings, psalms; or the gospel of Jesus, we find the constantly reiterated conviction that all oppression, including economic oppression, is _____ the Divine will. contrary to accepted as caused by not enough information 10: Which of the following is not a type of economy? capitalist socialist consumerist feudal 11: Which of the following is not one of three economic commands given by God? The price of land must be fixed. Water must be communal. There must be restrictions put on interest. Profit on food must be forbidden. 12: When large supplies of an item are made, the item's cost will go _____. When very few supplies of the item are made, the price will go _____. When the demand of an item is _____, the price rises. When the demand of an item is _____, the price will go down. down, up, high, low up, down, high, low down, up, low, high up, down, low, high 13: Which of the following is a tragic effect of unemployment? Wife and child abuse increase. Divorce rates go up. Street crime flourishes. All of the above. 14: Economics is the study of: the use of alternative resources which have multiple uses. the use of available resources which have multiple uses. the use of scarce resources which have alternative uses. the use of scare resources which have very few uses. 15: __________ comes from the concept of specialization. Private business Communism Division of labor Supply and demand 16: If a shipwrecked sailor on a desert island is capable of either catching 10 fish or harvesting 5 coconuts in one day, then the opportunity cost of producing one coconut is ____ fish. one two three five 17: The two main Ingredients of the U.S. Economy are: natural resources and land land and labor natural resources and labor land and money 18: The American free enterprise system emphasizes: public ownership. private ownership. both public and private ownership. not enough information. 19: Usually the short term goal of open market operations is to: create more jobs. achieve a specific long term interest rate target. achieve a specific short term interest rate target. increase stock market values. 20: During the 1870-1920 period the industrialized nations set up _______, with one of the last being the Federal Reserve in 1913. credit unions gold reserves central banking systems private banking systems


  41. Resolved Question: please help me with my 10 history questions!!!?
    42. 31 May 2008 at 5:56pm
    22. What congressional action gave President Johnson the authority to escalate the Vietnam War? (1 point) the Pentagon Papers the Geneva Conference decision the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution a Joint Chiefs of Staff finding 23. How did the Vietnam War finally end in 1975? (1 point) with the defeat of North Vietnam with the South Vietnamese takeover of Hanoi with North Vietnam gaining control of all of Vietnam with control of all of Vietnam being returned to France 24. One outcome of the Watergate scandal was the (1 point) impeachment of Nixon. resignation of Gerald Ford. conviction of Nixon by the Senate. resignation of Richard Nixon. 25. President Carter assumed the role of peacemaker to negotiate which of the following between Israel and Egypt? (1 point) Geneva Accords Peace of Paris Camp David Accords Treaty of Versailles 26. What were two major components of Ronald Reagan's economic plan? (1 point) expanding the government and reducing competition increasing the demand for goods and cutting the supply of goods encouraging business growth and discouraging investment cutting taxes and cutting government regulations 27. How did the Soviet policies of perestroika and glasnost help bring an end to the Cold War? (1 point) They strengthened Eastern European support for the communist system. They convinced the United States to end its military buildup. They helped cause the fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. They banned the demonstrations of Polish workers in the Gdansk shipyard. 28. What was the main goal of Clinton's plan to reform the health care system? (1 point) health insurance for every American increased profits for hospitals loans for students in medical school free health care for the elderly 29. Which of the following describes the outcome of the 1994 congressional elections? (1 point) Democrats won a majority in both houses of Congress for the first time since World War II. Democrats won control of the Senate, while Republicans gained a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans won a majority in both houses of Congress for the first time in over forty years. Republicans won control of the Senate, while Republicans gained a majority in the House of Representatives. 30. What led to the eruption of war in the Balkans in the early 1990s? (1 point) the Russian army's invasion of the region civil wars in Rwanda and Zaire the break-up of Yugoslavia nuclear weapons tests in India and Pakistan 31. Compare the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1920s. (5 points) 32. What effect did developments in technology have on the American way of life in the 1950s?


  42. Resolved Question: 10 history questions,please help!?
    43. 31 May 2008 at 5:51pm
    1. The rapid development of the mass media during the 1920s (1 point) promoted a mass migration to rural areas. encouraged Americans to work longer hours. promoted the creation of a national culture. simplified life for most Americans. 2. One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was (1 point) an increase in alcoholism. a decline in dancing and socializing. the rise of organized crime. the creation of urban artistic colonies. 3. The Red Scare was a response to (1 point) Prohibition. the Teapot Dome scandal. the Russian Revolution. the Kellogg-Briand Pact. 4. The economy grew in the 1920s as consumers (1 point) carefully conserved electricity. invested most of their money in government bonds. learned to ignore advertisements. began to buy goods on credit. 5. A major environmental crisis of the 1930s was known as (1 point) the Dust Bowl. Black Tuesday. the Grapes of Wrath. the Great Crash. 6. President Hoover believed that the best strategy for ending the Depression was (1 point) encouraging massive government spending. lowering import duties. setting up federal relief programs. encouraging voluntary controls in the business sector. 7. Which New Deal agency was created to help businesses? (1 point) Federal Reserve Board National Recovery Administration Civilian Conservation Corps Home Owners' Loan Corporation 8. Which best describes FDR's "brain trust"? (1 point) the members of FDR's Cabinet an informal group of intellectuals who helped devise New Deal policies the heads of the new government agencies the presidents of the country's leading universities 9. Which was part of American policy during the early years of World War II? (1 point) denouncing Britain and France for declaring war on Germany following a foreign policy of appeasement remaining neutral while making war supplies available to Britain terminating all trade agreements with warring nations 10. What prompted the United States to enter the war in 1941? (1 point) the imprisonment of Jews in German concentration camps the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the pact that the Soviet Union signed with Germany Germany's invasion of the Rhineland


  43. Resolved Question: Natural gas news. Will such "requests" continue throughout...
    44. 31 May 2008 at 3:27pm
    (EIGHTEEN PERCENT) 18% increase asked for natural gas BPU's OK sought to pass along higher cost By David P. Willis ? BUSINESS WRITER ? May 31, 2008 People who use natural gas to heat their homes may get a shock to their wallets this coming winter. Customers of Wall-based New Jersey Natural Gas could end up shelling out 18 percent more this winter if the state Board of Public Utilities approves a request to increase rates to pay for wholesale natural gas. Under the proposal filed Friday with the state's utility regulators, an average customer who uses 164 therms of gas during the winter would see his or her heating bill rise from $243.02 a month to $287.47 a month, up $44.45, or 18 percent, if the request is approved. Based on 100 therms a month spread over a year, the proposal would increase bills from $150.76 a month to $177.86 a month, up $27. When will it all end? Or will it ever end?


  44. Resolved Question: ::DeMF 2008::?
    45. 31 May 2008 at 3:07pm
    was it any good? it has fallen down hill since 05 when they started charging money to get in......doing use to be a tradition for everyone i know....but this year it was $25 just to get in...how sad.... back on 02 there was over 1.7 millon who turned out for the event when it was free...and from all the tourist from the event generated over 90 millon dollars in revenue for local business in detroit..!....last year in 07 the numbers were a stagering 40,000 and this year 75,000 slight increase..but notihng compared to 1.7 millon.... did you go? and did you enjoy it? also if it brings that much money into detroit when it is free...then why dosent the city fund the event and make it free...cuz it wouldnt take no more then a millon dollars maybe 2 to fund the event...but making 90 millon in return from local business profits is basically paying for itself


  45. Resolved Question: should i continue working with Fortune 500 usa?
    46. 31 May 2008 at 12:52am
    I've been working with Fortune 500 usa for about 8 months now and for the first six months of my business the Advertising consultant they assigned to help me market my amazon.com associate site helped teach me alot about how to do it right. so i do have confidence in their program. but the first few months were kind of slow averaging less than $200 per month. these past few months though i've been getting around $500 dollars per month. I've been using free forms of marketing they tought me, but now they are suggesting 1 spend $1,000-$2,000 on an ad campaign to try an increase my commissions. I only started this to help augment my retirement. is it worth it to take the chance? what if nothing happens and my commissions remain the same? {it would take 3-5 months to regain that lost money!!!} How efective are these ad campaigns at raising monthly revenue?


  46. Resolved Question: Does this ever happen in a manic episode [bipolar]?
    47. 30 May 2008 at 11:59pm
    Like my manic phase is usually just irritable. Then for about an hour a day in a manic phase I'll bounce off the walls. Then back to the irritable. Today, I didn't have my bounce of the walls time. Instead I went normal for an hour [weird] then I just went into a complete extremely irritable crash type thing. I'm not depressed it just seems like the irritability increased significantly. Like if my mom asks "Who was that lady?" I'll come back with a smart alec sounding thing and say "GOD I DON'T FREAKING KNOW! YOU EXPECT ME TO KNOW EVERYTHING?! IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS ANYWAY!! UGHHHH!!!!" Then I'll like punch something. Idk if this is normal but can you tell me if it is. BTW: I'm NOT on meds. Currently seeking help.


  47. Resolved Question: Would these Economic statement be true or false?
    48. 30 May 2008 at 10:49pm
    1. Inflation must be high in Los Angeles because it is very expensive to live there. 2. For most firms the most important cost of doing business is wages. 3. An increase in the wage?the price of labor?has two effects on the demand for leisure: the substitution effect and the income effect. 2 more true or false but really easy.. Individuals who are not working are counted as unemployed if they have looked for work in the past. GNP equals GDP plus income by a country's citizens earned abroad.


  48. Resolved Question: How can one not find the Iraqi death toll as unacceptable?
    49. 30 May 2008 at 5:23pm
    That study, published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet, estimated that over 600,000 Iraqis had been killed as a result of the invasion as of July 2006. Iraqis have continued to be killed since then. The graphic above provides a rough daily update of this number based on a rate of increase derived from the Iraq Body Count. (See the complete explanation.) The estimate that over a million Iraqis have died received independent confirmation from a prestigious British polling agency in September 2007. Opinion Research Business estimated that 1.2 million Iraqis have been killed violently since the US invasion. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html Old F@rt - I can only assume you're not serving either right now. Let's see 4200 American unnecessary deaths compared to over 1 million Iraqi deaths; a huge number of children, mothers and fathers. To bomb out 70% of Fallujah and then lay siege with Free Fire authority isn't insane and absolutely criminal in your mind you suffer from a grave defficiency. I was intending to send the above to Old F@rt but, unfortunately he's a bit of an egg layer who is afraid to receive email responses. Another uninformed American aligning I raq and 9/11. There is and never has been any connection. Please either get informed or quit lying. Jay C - is another pro-violence egg layer with fear of email. Oh, so many! How juvenile to on one hand condemn Saddam (who is condemnable) and then call all Iraqis bad names and recommend nuclear genocide. Ah, Bliss. Right on Gemini Jen. The reporters we have over there are mostly 'embedded'. They wear American uniforms and do and report as the military tells them to. The conservative media is quietly satisfied with this. Journalists, who are not embedded have been killed by American military. Some killings are being looked into, some are called "justified" if you can believe it, some are called collateral damage, some are called accidental, one they say the camera was mistaken for a rocket launcher. So many killed and all so justly!


  49. Resolved Question: Question About Home Business Taxes?
    50. 30 May 2008 at 4:05pm
    I read somewhere that if you run a home business you can adjust your W2 at your regular job to take home more money. My question is I am starting to make some money online. How much do I need to be earning before I can make these adjustments. My regular job salary is between $30,000-$35,000 a year and I make a couple of hundred extra a month online. Should I just keep my current status or increase dependants?


  50. Resolved Question: Which do you think is the BEST Oxymoron?
    51. 30 May 2008 at 12:47pm
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