The dow jones industrial average (djia) and the standard & poor's 500 (s& p 500) indexes are used as measures of overall movement in the stock market. the djia is based on the price movements of 30 large companies; the s& p 500 is an index composed of 500 stocks. some say the s& p 500 is a better measure of stock market performance because it is broader based. the closing price for the djia and the s& p 500 for 15 weeks, beginning with january 6, 2012, follow (barron's website, april 17, 2012).

6carla would like to buy a dress, a dresser for her bedroom, and a home theater system. she has one month's worth of living expenses in her emergency fund. carla decides to save for the home theater system. did carla make the right decision? why or why not? a. yes; her emergency fund is full and the other items will probably be less expensive. b. yes; she could save more for her emergency fund, but the home theater will be harder to save for. c. no; she should save more for her emergency fund because she has saved less than the recommended amount. d. no; she should have bought the dress and dresser first because she could afford them right away. reset next

When randy, a general manager of a national retailer, moved to a different store in his company that was having difficulty, he knew that sales were low and after talking to his employees, he found morale was also low. at first randy thought attitudes were poor due to low sales, but after working closely with employees, he realized that the poor attitudes were actually the cause of poor sales. randy was able to discover the cause of the problem by utilizing skills.

Depasquale corporation is working on its direct labor budget for the next two months. each unit of output requires 0.61 direct labor-hours. the direct labor rate is $8.70 per direct labor-hour. the production budget calls for producing 6,700 units in may and 7,100 units in june. if the direct labor work force is fully adjusted to the total direct labor-hours needed each month, what would be the total combined direct labor cost for the two months?