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).

The federal reserve's organization while all members of the federal reserve board of governors vote at federal open market committee (fomc) meetings, only of the regional bank presidents are members of the fomc. the federal reserve's role as a lender of last resort involves lending to which of the following financially troubled institutions? u.s. banks that cannot borrow elsewhere governments in developing countries during currency crises u.s. state governments when they run short on tax revenues the federal reserve's primary tool for changing the money supply is . in order to decrease the number of dollars in the u.s. economy (the money supply), the federal reserve will government bonds.

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How has apple been able to sustain its competitive advantage in the smartphone industry? a. by reducing its network effects b. by targeting its new products and services toward laggards c. by driving the price for the end user to zero d. by regularly introducing incremental improvements in its products