University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Altrese Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME‚ Inc. (WIRETIME) has committed trade libel. WIRETIME’s advertisement satisfies the three conditions of trade libel as defined by our text (Melvin‚ 2011‚ p.212): 1. Clear and specific reference to
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Aspen Technology Inc. 1. What are Aspen Technology´s main Exchange rate exposures? Aspen Technologic Inc‚ is firm specialized in the development of simulation software for customers in process manufacturing industries‚ particularly the chemical industry. Big part of the AspenTech earnings comes for the licenses of their existing products. The 52% of Aspen Tech’s software license revenues came from customers outside de United States. With most‚ but not all‚ of its expenses incurred in the
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Tire City Incorporated Tire City‚ Inc. is a rapidly growing retail distributor of automotive tires. Although they have 10 shops located throughout the Northeast region‚ the bulk of TCI’s inventory is managed at a central warehouse. During the last three years‚ sales have been growing at a compound annual rate in excess of 20%. With such a great reflection of their excellent service and customer satisfaction in their net income‚ TCI’s central warehouse is “bulging at the seams”. TCI has decided
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CASE 2: DRINK-AT-HOME‚ INC. Drink-At-Home‚ Inc. (DAH‚ Inc.)‚ develops‚ processes‚ and markets mixes to be used in nonalcoholic cocktails and mixed drinks for home consumption. Mrs. Lee‚ who is in charge of research and development at DAH‚ Inc.‚ this morning notified Mr. Dick Jones‚ the president‚ that exciting developments in the research and development section indicate that a new beverage‚ an instant pina colada‚ should be possible because of a new way to process and preserve coconut. Mrs. Lee
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MATTHEW YACHTS‚ INC. This is an excellent case to address the characteristics of process-oriented vs. repetitive vs. product-oriented production. 1. Matthew Yachts is profitable‚ thanks to its custom-designed yachts. Its management experience appears to have competitive advantage in custom-designed yachts‚ hence the higher profit margins. However‚ since the demand for the “fixed” design is growing‚ expansion into this area‚ with its repetitive-oriented layout and procedures (see Table 7.2 and
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Team of Pleasure Craft INC. From: Group A+ Subject: Expanding Production Date: September 29‚ 2010 Since beginning 40 years ago‚ Pleasure Craft INC. has been successful in both the domestic and international marketplace. Currently producing two products‚ snowmobiles and personal watercraft‚ both of which have become mature markets and thus giving little room to grow‚ two options have been determined to further the growth of Pleasure Craft INC.. First being to start production
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History Apple computer was founded on April 1st‚ 1976 by Steven Jobs‚ Steven Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne. Prior to the Apple’s beginnings‚Jobs had worked at Hewlett-Packard and the video game company Atari Inc. Wozniak also worked at HP where the two first met in 1972. It was Jobs who told his future partner about his idea of personal computers. The two began their journey in 1975 while working on the Apple I in Job’s bedroom. Wozniak later admitted that the project was more of a hobby than a business
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The documentary Food Inc. provided a shocking view of corporate farming in the United States. It exposed the unhealthy‚ harmful‚ and the inhumane process behind the farming industry. The documentary addresses the problems in the typical supermarket today and the conception of the meats. They talk about how the producers of the products in the grocery store care about is how the packaging of the products is viewed. They bring out the issue that most of the products in the shelfs are often showed to
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Argument found in Food‚ Inc.: The industrial production of meat‚ grains‚ and vegetables are being mass produced‚ which leads to health issues‚ economic and environmental instability‚ and overall‚ inhumane acts. AGREE: Mass production of meat‚ grains‚ and vegetables is a terrible system that is in today’s society. Large companies that follow this system want a better and cheaper way to produce their meat. This leads to unsanitary production and inhumane ways of handling their cattle. These companies
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The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. Background: The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. is one of the most successful mutual fund companies in the United States. Vanguard is a for profit company which was found by John C. Bogle in 1974. John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the first index fund available to individual investors‚ the popularization of index funds generally‚ and driving costs down across the mutual fund industry. Its Vanguard Index Trust 500 is the largest of the domestic funds managed by the firm
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