American Greetings Corp., which originated in the early 1900s, has been struggling in the face of a multiyear decline in industry-wide greeting-card sales. Although the company is the second-largest greeting-card maker by sales, it achieved positive growth in the last two quarters of 2011, something it rarely accomplished in the previous two and one-half years. The company increased revenue through the use of discounts to increase card sales and market share. However, it lowered its annual revenue growth projection from 5% to 3%. The greeting card industry is facing increased competition from the use of e-cards and the rise of mobile phones to send messages. Many consumers are also replacing traditional holiday cards with photos uploaded to the internet. Industry analysts have noted that greeting-card sales have declined steadily since 2005, with the trend expected to continue through 2015. However, managers in the greeting-card industry have argued that a portion of the population will continue to express their feelings with physical rather than virtual cards. In 2009, American Greetings left the retail business and acquired Papyrus and Recycled Paper Greetings. This move helped the company focus on its core business of making cards. It also acquired Watermark Publishing Ltd. to increase its presence in the United Kingdom. American Greetings does have a small part of its business devoted to selling e-cards and other digital offerings. Discuss how the case of American Greetings Corp. relates to the market power issues described in Chapter 8 of the textbook. How might American Greetings increase its market power in the future?

answer: qué lástima, pero no podré ir.

explanation: the expression "qué lástima" means "what a pity" and indicates disgust, because she would like to go but she can't go.

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of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.