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whole human in dozens of countries and America, unfortunately, lines the list. The Gender Pay Gap is an alarming statistic that impacts women across the country. According to the American Association of University Women (AAUW), women are paid 79 cents to every one-dollar a man makes. Many are quick to assume that…

Unmarried women -- single, widowed, divorced, or separated -- earn an average annual household salary is almost $12,000 lower than unmarried men, and they make only 56 cents on the dollar compared to pay for married men” (2010). Over the span of a woman’s lifetime, this could be anywhere from “$400,000 to $2 million; as a result, 70 percent of older adults living in poverty are women” (2010). Ensuring equal pay and access…

adoption of a floating exchange rate in 1983 has had major implications on Australia’s relative international competiveness, terms of trade and the balance of payments. Over the past decade the Australian dollar has appreciated strongly, rising from US$.50 in 2001 to a peak of US$ 1.10 in 2011. The forces of supply and demand determine the the price of the $AUD in terms of another currency. The $AUD is subject to fluctuations…

to be solved. Nowadays, American Express is having a tougher time accommodating to new realities in the world of payment processing. The target consumers are people with strong buying power in Eastern Seaboard and the California coastline that are 30-50 years old. The consumer group is not applying to many retailers and wholesalers such as Costco. Costco was one of the few retailers that only accept American Express credit card which means Visa or MasterCard cannot be used in Costco. This…

During the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, a shocking speech was given by a famous rapper. Leaning toward the end of the speech, Kanye West stated, “And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president” (Zaru). His speech is absolutely eye-opening to the audience, as Kanye would be the last person they would think that would run for president. Kanye West is into hip hop, not politics. Uniquely, the dramatic shift in hip hop will be beyond…

expensive tastes and braggadocio, and all the artists had to uphold the tough, gangster persona in order to be taken seriously. This pattern could have been seen by artists such as Young Jeezy, TI, Ludacris, and the biggest rap artist of the time, 50 Cent. 50 Cent followed this formula nearly perfectly and rode the hit party single “In Da Club” to 872,000 first week sales for his debut album. In this era, it seemed that there was no place for introspection or observations on topics such as…

had very little education until he was a teenager and was in slavery for a long time, went to Hampton Institute at the age of 16, we should be able to go to college. One of the great things about him going to Hampton Institute was that he only had 50 cents when he got there. He didn’t have to pay as much money as the other students, because he was like a janitor while he was there. He worked in exchange for being educated there. He was a hard worker.…

Our bodies alone contain contain some 30 trillion to 50 trillion bacteria, with general “ratio of 1.3 bacteria to every one human cell.”(Saey). We modern humans seem to make such a fuss about all the bacteria surrounding us in our environments, but tend to forget that we ourselves are the some of the largest…

Buckingham Palace within 1 mile. With over two-million visitors a year, and growing due to a twelve percent increase in tourists to nearby attractions, Westminster Abbey is the tenth most popular tourist site in London and grosses a yearly revenue of over 50 million dollars off its entrance fee alone (London & Partners). The people visiting Westminster Abbey continues to increase as the tourism to London has drastically increased over the…

H 9B11A044 GROWING THE MAMAS & PAPAS BRAND Michael M. Goldman and Jennifer Lindsey-Renton wrote this case solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmission without its written…