A company might launch new competitive actions to improve market position, on growing demand, productive capacity, provide an innovative new solution, or obtain first mover advantages.

Match the following definitions to your vocabulary words. 1. separation from a main group to form a new group as a result of disunity ethnic 2. group of people that share a distinctive race, culture, heritage, or nationality discrimination 3. removal of legal and social barriers which impose separation of groups integration 4. practice that treats equal people unequally; denial of opportunities to compete for social and economic rewards stereotyping 5. acting in a biased manner; using prejudicial thinking segregation

After all revenue and expense accounts have been closed at the end of the fiscal year, income summary has a debit of $2,450,000 and a credit of $3,000,000. at the same date, retained earnings has a credit balance of $8,222,600, and dividends has a balance of $125,000. required: a. journalize the entries required to complete the closing of the accounts on december 31. refer to the chart of accounts for exact wording of account titles. b. determine the amount of retained earnings at the end of the period.

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."