John works as a quality analyst at a technological firm. he wanted to buy a mobile phone for his wife. though he was abreast of the latest mobile phone brands that were introduced in the global market, he bought a phone that was produced and marketed locally. he was skeptical about whether global brands deliver high-quality goods. in the context of market segmentation, it is evident that john falls under the segment of

On january 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, regis company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $22,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees' salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,260 of federal income taxes, $1,450 of medical insurance deductions, and $860 of union dues. no employee earned more than $7,000 in this first pay period. required: 1.1 calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of regis company. regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. the federal unemployment tax rate is 0.60