African Americans have worked hard to end segregation through the non-violent strategies of sit-ins, boycotting, and their massive resistance to give in to their freedom (Bowles, 2011). The enduring fight and struggles to end racial discrimination plus attain equality and civil rights have, and will continue to be an ongoing battle for existing and future African-Americans. The strategies that African Americans used to end this discrimination have been influential and will be forever known in history
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1.002512=1.030416 3.0416% 2. A given rate is quoted at an effective annual rate of 12.55%. If you know that the interest compounds quarterly, what is the nominal annual rate? 12% Need to find the rate that when compounded four periods will equal .1255 solve for r in the following equation (1+(r/4))4=1.125 3. What is the PV of an annuity that pays 10,000 a year at the end of each of the next 15 years assuming a 5% return? $103,796.58PMT = 10,000 N=15 I = 5 FV = ) PV = ? What is the
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____ 1. Which of the following is a responsibility center that incurs expenses, generates revenues, and is responsible for generating a return on assets? a. Cost center b. Revenue center c. Profit center d. Investment center ____ 2. Which one of the following is the most useful measure for evaluating a manager's performance in controlling revenues and costs in a profit center? a. Contribution margin b. Contribution net income c. Contribution gross profit d.
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orderly retirement of a bond issue. This can be achieved in one of two ways: The company can call in for redemption (at par value) a certain percentage of bonds each year. The company may buy the required amount of bonds on the open market. b. Bond prices and interest rates are inversely related; that is, they tend to move in the opposite direction from one another. A fixed-rate bond will sell at par when its coupon interest rate is equal to the going rate of interest, rd. When the going rate of
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companies. Unlike its biggest competitors, the company his privately held – that means they have no franchise of their operations – and be committed to “the one-firm concept”. 2. What is the reward policy of Egon Zehnder ? In 2001, the pay of EZI was different between partner and non-partner/consultant and two things determined the reward policy: seniority and companywide result. So the system was transparent and took little time to manage. There were only some variations
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Discuss the main factors affecting product pricing in the UK (1000 words) Two surveys on the price-setting behaviour of UK firms published by the Bank of England in 1996 and 2008 concluded that the price, the amount of money expected, required or given for a certain level of output, was most often set as a result of market conditions. The same report however found that the second largest price differential was the objective of the specific firm surveyed, and thus product pricing in the UK can
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Education is an important activity in society, it gives an opportunity to man to understand the world around him and his place in it In ancient times man was completely at the mercy of nature which was a complete mystery to him. The dark forces of nature were beyond the comprehension of man and to console himself he had to depend upon the existence of supernatural powers and this led to the growth of religion and superstition. The invention of tools, domestication of animals and growth of agriculture
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products were shipped immediately upon completion, inventories of work-in-process and finished goods were practically nonexistent. When talking to the salesman Lee discovered that on typical orders the selling price of Great Heath was £7.00. During lunch one day, Lee was told by the president that office expenses including certain selling items were fixed at £781 per week. Lee High decided to begin his analysis with profit and loss statements for the three weeks: | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Sales
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was to test the interpersonal psychotherapy of parenting enhancement to reduce depression of low income mothers of infants and toddlers. This study used a two group repeated measures design which was randomized. Mothers who were given the IPT + PE plus EHS enrichment were compared with mothers getting attention control health education plus EHS enrichment. The IPT + PE and ACTAU conditions were delivered over a 20 week period. Data were collected at four points: at baseline before randomization
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social order and social solidarity; to successfully have this there is the value consensus that aids society with unwritten rules that everyone follows, such as not to steal or not to murder. Education has the goal of teaching that we need to act as one and to be homogeneous by having essential similarities and in doing this becoming successful in understanding the teaching of wrong and right within society. Durkheim also believes that school prepares for division of labour, as schools teach the students
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