Let's consider the issue of promoting like a core us value. competition is good for the consumer and good for business, but is it really? wal-mart has done wonders in providing low cost goods to consumers manage tight budgets but is the mega-retailer really good for the economy? some would argue that when wal-mart comes into a small town, locally owned businesses dry up and are forced to close and that most of the money spent by consumers at wal-mart does not stay in the local community. maybe wal-mart has gotten too big for government (federal or local) to control. the same could be said about the oil and gasoline seem to fluctuate without any relationship to the needs of the consumers, who many times do not have an alternative. my question is this, where should the line be drawn between promoting competition and regulation of business? should the federal government be more active in the regulation of such giants as wal-mart or the oil and gas industry or will open competition prove to be in the best interests of the consumer?

Ryan terlecki organized a new internet company, capuniverse, inc. the company specializes in baseball-type caps with logos printed on them. ryan, who is never without a cap, believes that his target market is college and high school students. you have been hired to record the transactions occurring in the first two weeks of operations. issued 2,900 shares of $0.01 par value common stock to investors for cash at $29 per share. borrowed $68,000 from the bank to provide additional funding to begin operations; the note is due in two years. paid $1,000 for the current month's rent of a warehouse and another $1,000 for next month's rent. paid $1,440 for a one-year fire insurance policy on the warehouse (recorded as a prepaid expense). purchased furniture and fixtures for the warehouse for $16,000, paying $3,200 cash and the rest on account. the amount is due within 30 days. purchased for $2,800 cash the university of pennsylvania, notre dame, the university of texas at austin, and michigan state university baseball caps as inventory to sell online. placed advertisements on google for a total of $340 cash. sold caps totaling $1,900, half of which was charged on account. the cost of the caps sold was $1,100. (hint: make two entries.) made full payment for the furniture and fixtures purchased on account in (e). received $280 from a customer on account.

Identify an organization with the low-total-cost value proposition and suggest at least two possible measures within each of the four balanced scorecard perspectives.

When the national economy goes from bad to better, market research shows changes in the sales at various types of restaurants. projected 2011 sales at quick-service restaurants are $164.8 billion, which was 3% better than in 2010. projected 2011 sales at full-service restaurants are $184.2 billion, which was 1.2% better than in 2010. how will the dollar growth in quick-service restaurants sales compared to the dollar growth for full-service places?