design a full-page magazine advertisement for a new brand of soft drink. The name of the new drink, as well as package design, is at the discretion of the student. On a separate sheet, specify the benefits stressed or appeals* made in the advertisement.

James was discharged by MegaCorp. He received a letter from MegaCorp offering to pay him

double the usual severance pay if he signed a document releasing MegaCorp from all claims he

might have had. James signed and dated the release and put it in a mailbox outside the post

office. When he returned home, he found he had received a check from MegaCorp in the same

amount as offered in the letter. He then returned to the post office, persuaded a postal employee

to open the mailbox and retrieved the release. He cashed the check and then filed an age

discrimination suit against MegaCorp. Was a contract formed when James put the release in the

mailbox?

answer using  pertinent contractual concepts

Southwest Airlines case analysis identify a major problem and sub problem

I need to know what is a major and sub problems affecting southwest airlines and give a short paragraph as to why.

Describe how cost, demand, competition, legal considerations are taken into account when Loblaws sets prices.

Pinker (Words Don’t Mean What They Mean) and Kakutani (The Word Police) both discuss the way we use language to not quite say what we mean. They discuss ways of cloaking our language through political correctness, innuendo, ambiguity, veiled threats and others.

1) Discuss an example of one of these that you have experienced or heard. What was the effect?

1) Identify a global online retail firm and describe how it

(B)targets specific countries and

(A)engages the consumer in an interactive manner.

2) Identify five social networking sites and prepare a profile of the sites’ users in terms of demographic characteristics (for example, gender, age, geographic location). How can an international marketer use this type of information?

Define selective screening.

Define a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Define negative reinforcement.

Scenario 2: You are the project manager of a project to install stone fireplaces at an new condo development. A total of 24 fireplaces are planned to be installed over a 4-month period. The total budget for the project is $144,000. The project is at the end of the 1st month and 5 fireplaces have been installed and $28,000 has been spent.

What is the project’s PV?

What is the project’s EV?

What is the project’s AC?

What is Cost Variance??

What is the Schedule Variance?

What is the project’s CPI?

What is the project’s SPI?

Based on your answers in questions 3-6, is the project on budget, under budget or over budget?

Based on your answers in questions 3-6, is the project on schedule, behind schedule or ahead of schedule?

discuss the two basic categories of forecasting, outlining the importance of each in the supply chain process

How do FMLA, PDA and ADA work together regarding leave policies?

evelop a project overview that addresses the following questions.

• What were the mission and objectives of the project?
• What were the high-level tasks or scope of the project?
• How was the need for the project identified?
• What was the cost, and how was it funded?
• What was the timeline?
• Who were the parties involved in the project, and what were the roles of each party (team) member?
• What steps did you establish to ensure the project was a success?
• How did you measure the success of your project?
• Overall, how did project management help to make this project a success?

What are some valid economic justifications for mergers? Please see chapter Ch.22 for references to this topic.

Attention: Explain. Please answer in the form of paragraph, no bullet points or numerical and I will rate. Thank you in advance!

3. Medicare is socialized medicine for Americans over a certain age. If it were extended to cover all Americans, those younger than the older eligible citizens, would it likely cost as much per person as it does now? More? Less? Explain.

Give a detailed explanation: How should investment returns be measured? Do financial services companies have an incentive to provide nominal rather than true rates of return in their advertising? Should they be required to provide nominal, real, and true rates of return?

What is the difference between “preventative,” “breakdown”, and “predictive” maintenance?