Shane Kearns Bellevue University Business Communication 5/29/13 This paper will dicuss the rising prices on fuel over the past few years. It will involve the trucking industry and explain how the rising of gas prices has effected trucking company. Crude Oil prices have passing over one hundred dollars a barrel. This has effected many independent owners-operators. This article will dicuss why some independent owners have decided that it is no longer profitable to drive a truck. Some owners
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Airline Ticket Prices Jodie L. Hebner Grantham University An airline’s ticket price is determined by several factors to include time of day a consumer wishes to travel‚ day of the week such as Tuesday’s and Thursday’s are usually the most affordable days to travel‚ popular versus non-popular destinations‚ first class costs more than general class‚ cost of fuel‚ competition from other airlines‚ special factors such as discounts for military‚ government or corporate personnel‚ (How Stuff Works‚
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Consumer Price Index The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of change in prices over a period of time. The CPI is made up of a fixed basket of goods that is used to determine one’s CPI. The basket of goods consists of services and goods like food‚ education‚ transportation‚ apparel‚ housing‚ and beverages. Some examples of these goods are cereal‚ milk‚ cheese‚ prescription drugs‚ jewelry and new vehicles (“Consumer Price Index” 2010). The basket of goods are reviewed every ten years‚ which
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The price elasticity of demand (PED) is “a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in price of the good” (Mankiw 2007‚ p.90). It is a form of measure to determine how willing consumers are to move away from the good as the price of the good rises. Most of the time‚ there are factors that determines the PED‚ such as availability of close substitutes‚ necessities versus luxuries‚ definition of the market and time horizon. In order to calculate the PED‚ a formula is
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change in prices? Inflation Deflation Depression All of the above Q65. Economics is… a social science that studies how to use abundant resources. a social science that studies how to use limited resources. a social science that studies how to satisfy unlimited wants. both b and c. a natural science that studies how to use limited resources and unlimited wanted. Q70. Of the following‚ which one is true? when an independent variable increases and the
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Emily Mullins Associate Professor Honeycutt English 1010 December 10‚ 2012 Gas Prices too high to pay Today gas prices have crept up to just over fifteen dollars a gallon. Due to rapidly depleted resources‚ the price of oil has gone to five hundred and thirty dollars; therefore the final price of gasoline had to increase. This has caused extreme violence to erupt all over the nation‚ especially at the gas stations themselves. People‚ in order just to fill up their gas tanks have had to sacrifice
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adopted a strategy of price-reduction worldwide. The strategy was designed to enable the company to guarantee its clients an ever more suitable and competitive supply of products. Simultaneously‚ Benetton decreased production costs. This combination of price and cost reductions resulted in an 8 percent increase in both items produced and sold in 1994. Benetton also has an extensive system of outlet stores in which to sell clothing at significant discounts‚ as a result of the price cuts. In the late
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Oil and Gas PricesOil and Gas 2There are many issues that cause the cost of oil and gas to increase. The main contributing issue to the increasing cost of oil and gas is supply and demand‚ when demand is greater than supply‚ the price of oil and gas will increase. The factors that affect supply include increased demand‚ problems with refineries and pipelines‚ and disruption to supply or threat of disruption to supply.With the increased demand for oil in the United States and other countries such
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Rising food prices Introduction: Food prices have been on the rise and have become a global issue. Prices have soared over the past year and a half and threaten to go up further if issues are not addressed immediately. Below is a look at how prices have been over the past year. Figure 1. FAO Food Price Index: February 2007 - January 2008 Source FAO‚ 2008 In this project‚ we attempt to find out the causes for this price rise‚ the trends of the rise and the effects that this rise has had on us. Causes:
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balance the income and expenses‚ decide on the most appropriate ticket price per student‚ and ensure that your budget falls within the limitations you must work with. In this project‚ you will create one- and two-variable data tables to examine car loan options‚ use Goal Seek to determine how much money you would have to save each month for a down payment on a new home‚ and create scenarios to evaluate potential expense increases for a budget worksheet. Finally‚ you will use Solver to determine how
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