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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Description, Concept, and Competitive Advantage M.D. Homes, located in Dallas, Texas, is the doctor of home renovations. We are aimed at redesigning old, quality constructed homes into modern masterpieces that will appeal to an individual’s sense of uniqueness. We focus on buying older homes with at least three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two car garage, in order to stay competitive. We offer extremely unique, quality, modern homes that satisfy the market’s growing interest…

The DOL does not ban commissions or revenue sharing (the distribution of a portion of federal tax revenues to state and local governments). Although, it does require advisors who accept them have to have clients sign a best interest contract exemption (BICE). Raymond James and other broker-dealers are evaluating what the rule entails and how it will change firm’s…

opportunities bubbling in the market. In order to capitalize the outside opportunities, one sales manager left the organization in January 2003. As the sales manager was a real performer, he was able to convince all the good performers at XYZ Moon Life Insurance to join the new company. As a result of this, the organizational structure got disturbed and the development officers, who were earlier reporting to the SM had started reporting directly to the branch manager. Now, nepotism crept in and…

costs in other areas of the business, including employee pay and benefits and supplier costs. Walmart has a great deal of power and influence being the United States’ “largest retailer, second largest corporation, and largest private employer” (Jordan, n.d., para. 1). However, it is the not the highest paying company in the United States. For example, a cashier at Walmart makes as low as $8.48 an hour, whereas a worker at Wholefoods makes $17.57 an hour (MacBride, 2014). This is a…

excuse that athletes are on scholarships, but a study showed that an average 2% of division 1 athletes are on a scholarship. From personal calculations it was found that the average cost for a division 1 school is about $28,000 and that is the in-state cost. “Only about 2 percent of high school athletes win sports scholarships every year at NCAA colleges and universities. Yes, the odds are that dismal. For those who do snag one, the average scholarship is less than $11,000” (cbsnews.com).…

1917. A lot has changed since then for women in the U.S. almost a century later. In recent years, women representation in the Congress has seen the highest in the history of the United States. The change in women’s eminence is epitomized by Nancy Pelosi, became the country’s first ever female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. She served from 2007 to 2011. The rise in the number of elected women was not certain; the 2010 elections, as a matter of fact, saw a minor slump in…

For employers, workplace bullying has economic costs for their business.9 It can lead directly to absenteeism, lower productivity through ‘presenteeism’ or time spent conducting investigations,10 WorkCover claims (resulting in higher insurance premiums) and sanctions or damages awards from work health and safety regulators and courts. There are also more indirect costs to a business such as hiring and training of new employees when someone resigns because of bullying (perceived or actual).11 The…

Actors play parts or roles in dramatic productions in motion pictures , on the stage, or on television or radio. “They impersonate, or portray, characters by speech, gesture, song , and dance. There are approximately 56,500 actors working in the United states”.…

stay alive for longer than ever before. In 1912, a child’s chance of becoming a centenarian – someone who lives to the age of 100 – was a mere 0.7%. Today, that number is 29.2%. Over the past 30 years, the number of centenarians living in the United States has increased by 65.8%, while the total US population has grown by only 36.3%. In a recent article published by the Associated…

The Decline of Track and Field With soccer, football and basketball becoming so popular, track and field is being left in the dust. When several track and field events are only available to watch on websites such as ESPN3 or NBC Sports Live Extra, it lowers the viewership of the sport. The sport of track and field has been one of the country's oldest sport. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the highlights and stories of the track and field were national and athletes got more…