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The list price of an iPod speaker is $67.50. It is on sale for 20% off, and there is a 6% sales tax. The store calculates the sales tax on the $67.50, and then takes 20% off the total. Jonathan wants them to take the discount first and then calculate […]

This week’s reading provides an overview of the police in American society. After reviewing the reading for week 7, as well as the week 7 discussion articles in the lesson for this week; discuss/debate with your classmates the ideologies and methodologies associated with community policing. Discuss the impact of community […]

Organizational Change and Stress Management Starbucks Returns to Its Roots Questions 1. What factors are most likely to change when a company grows very rapidly, as Starbucks did? How can these changes threaten the culture of an organization? 2. Why might this type of radical change process be easier for […]

Sunset Boards is a small company that manufactures and sells surfboards in Malibu. Tad Marks, the founder of the company, is in charge of the design and sale of the surfboards, but his background is in surfing, not business. As a result, the company’s financial records are not well maintained. […]

You meet your first patient of the morning. A.K. is a 65-year-old Caucasian male who you are seeing for the first time. Both wife and daughter are present. Background He reports that he has had an 18 pound unintentional weight loss in the last 2 months “I am just not […]

What questions do financial ratios help answer about a firm’s financial performance? What ratios might be of more interest to certain stakeholders and why?