Variable cost divided by the number of units produced.
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Cost, average variable
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Cost, average fixed
Fixed cost divided by the number of units produced.
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Cost, Average
Total cost divided by the number of units produced.
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Corporation
The dominant form of business organization in modern capitalist economies. A corporation is a firm owned by individuals or other corporations. It has the same rights to buy, sell, and make contracts as a person would have. It is legally separate from those who own it and has limited liability.
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Corporate income tax
A tax levied on the annual net income of a corporation
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Consumer Surplus
The difference between the amount that a consumer would be willing to pay for a commodity and the amount actually paid. this difference arises because the marginal utilities of all but the last unit exceed the price. Under certain conditions, the money value of the consumer surplus can be measured as the area under the demand curve but above the price line.
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Conglomerate
A large corporation producing and selling a variety of unrelated goods e.g., some cigarette companies have expanded into such unrelated areas as liquor, car rental, and movie production.
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Concentration ratio
The percentage of an industry's total output accounted for by the largest firms. A typical measure is the four-firm concentration ratio, which is the fraction of output accounted for by the four largest firms.
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Complements
Two goods which go together in the eyes of consumers example will be a right shoe and a left shoe. Goods are substitutes when they compete with each other as do gloves and mittens.
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Competition equilibrium
The balancing of supply and demand in a market or economy characterized by perfect competition. Because perfectly competitive sellers and buyers individually have no power to influence the market, price will mover to the point at which it equals both marginal cost and marginal utility.
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Competition, imperfect
Friday, July 23, 2010Term applied to markets in which perfect competition does not hold because at least one seller or buyer is large enough to affect the market price and therefore causes a downward slopping demand or supply curve. Imperfect competition refers to any kind or market imperfection pure monopoly, oligopoly, or monopolistic competition.
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Compensating differentials
Differences in wages rates among jobs that serves to offset or compensate for the non monetary differences of the job. For example, unpleasant jobs that require isolation for many months in Alaska pay wages much higher than those for similar jobs nearer to civilization.
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Comparative advantage
In international trade. The law of comparative advantages says that a nation should specialize in producing and exporting those commodities which it can produce at relatively lower cost and that it should import those goods for which it is a relative high cost producer. Thus it is a comparative advantage, not an absolute advantage, that should dictate trade patterns.
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Command economy
A mode of economic organization in which the key economic functions what how and for whom are principally determined by government directive. Sometimes called a centrally planned economy.
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3 Steps to lead a debt-free life
By Maria Smith
Are you knee-deep in debt? Are your debt accounts being turned down to collection agencies? Are you getting warning notices from your creditors? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then perhaps you must be looking for some options that can help you get rid of debt. There are many ways to http://www.
1. Enroll yourself in a debt consolidation program
The best way to get rid of debt is to enroll in a debt consolidation program. In a debt consolidation program, your debt consultant will negotiate with your creditors and attempt to lower the interest rates on your credit card debts. Lower interest rate will reduce the monthly payments and thereby make it easier for you to repay your debts. The biggest benefit of paying off debts through a debt consolidation program is that you have to make a single monthly payment. Instead of writing multiple checks to multiple creditors, you just have to make a single monthly payment to the debt consolidation company. Pay off debts with the help of a debt consolidation program to help you clear debt.
2. Take help of a Debt Management Program (DMP)
Debt Management Program (DMP) is almost similar to a debt consolidation program. Here also, if you sign up with a debt management plan, then you can reap the benefits of lower interest rates, low monthly payments and you can get rid of harassing creditor calls. For using the services of a debt management program, you need to make a monthly payment to the debt management company. All your savings will be accumulated in this debt account and your debt consultant will disburse the money to your creditors when needed.
3. Go for a debt settlement
If you have no option left other than filing bankruptcy, then you may go for a debt settlement. While you go for settling your debts, your debt negotiator will consult your creditor where he may settle your debts to an amount much less than the actual outstanding amount. The cut off amount may range up to 40-60%. Generally debt settlement affects credit score to a certain extent as the creditor reports the credit bureau as “settled”. Therefore think twice before taking recourse to this option.
So, if you are looking for some easy way to clear debt, then take into account the above mentioned steps and pay off your debts in affordable monthly payments.
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Change in demand vs. change in quantity demand
Thursday, July 22, 2010A change in the quantity buyers want to purchase, prompted by any reason other than a change in price (e.g., increase in income, change in tastes), is a change in demand. In graphical terms, it is a shift of the demand curve. If, in contrast the decision to buy more or less is promted by a change in the good's price, then it is a change in quantity demanded, In graphical terms, a change in quantity demanded is a movement along an unchanging demand curve.
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Cartel
An organization of independent firms producing similar products that work together to raise prices and restrict output. Cartels are illegal under U.S. antitrust laws.
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Oil spill- Bp caps the oil leak
Saturday, July 17, 2010by: funso Oke
It was a good news soon we found out that Bp was able to stop the oil gushing out the the Golf of Mexico, It took almost 3 months to do it but finally Bp got it right, and this is a good news for the presidential office of president Barack Obama. Mr president has been criticized of not putting enough pressure on bp as a result many people questioned his leadership as the head of state. With a nation of many opinions it will be hard for anyone to deal with a situation like this, even a minor home plumbing takes days to deal with but, here bp had a situation of a plumbing gone wrong in a deep Golf of Mexico where the oil drilling was taking place. The implanted pipe and well that was suppose to contain the oil being drilled from beneath the golf busted and it cost the major oil leakage that we have ever seen in a long time. As a result it disrupted many businesses, that has its business source from the Golf of Mexico. Many livestock were affected as well, soon we learned that the new cap placed my bp stopped the leak, it was a great relief to every one, at least we know our shore and beaches are safe from crude poisoning. Bp announced that the newly placed cap will undergo some pressure test later in the night to ensure that it will work for quite a while, at least the cap was expected to hold the oil pressure till sometimes late august while a relief well is been drilled to collect all the oil. We expect the news to help bp stock price to raise.
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How to design your house
Buying a house is one thing, keeping it looking like a home is another side of home making; home making requires proper approach so your home can look the best you want it to look and also for you to enjoy your home. Designing a home could be easy if you have the right tools, funds or if you can do your homework in terms of knowing where to find cheap products that will suit your home.
First look at the outline of the house and try to coordinate the design in terms of the color of the bricks with the color that you will paint the house with this will bring out the best of the futures of the house, unless if you have a specially desired color in mind then go with the color you want. Soon you have decided on what color you want, the next thing is to go with selecting the couch, there are many furniture outlets out there, before you visit the stores first look online to see what will best fit your new house and your budget then proceed with visiting the store, this plan will eliminate the chance of you getting in the hands of stores that just want to sell you anything that may end up not being what you will like very much. After you have picked the furniture the go ahead and just use same approach to pick other stuffs you will like to put in your house.
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BP damage Claim
Sunday, July 11, 2010Bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to settle any claims due to damages caused by the oil leak, with millions of business that are affected, many fisher men, lobster fishing farmers, cruise boats etc, many of these businesses are loosing thousands of money daily when they are not operating, they have equipment rent expenses, they are purchased goods are rendered useless, no income to pay employees, loss of jobs etc. Will the 20 billion compensation funds be enough to cover all damage expenses? last report about the business affected on cnbc news station has reported that many of these businesses that filled claims are not satisfied as Bp was unable to grant them enough funds to cover the debt they have acquired.
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World Cup Final
Today July 11 2010 is the last day of the Fifa world cup match in south Africa. 32 teams started the competition only two teams left to meet today for the chance to be the world cup champion. The world cup competition is a soccer competition that takes place every 4 years, this year's event is very memorable and historic, it is the first time that an African country is hosting the world cup main event, many thought Africa will not be able to do it because they are under developed in terms of economic situation. The success of the hosting by South African has shown that Africa does deserve the chance to host the world cup, they have performed well in the organization of the event, the security forces are very great at the event, the stadiums looked very great you will not believe that Africa is one of the poorest continent in the world. Today's final match is between Netherlands and Spain, both countries are new comers to the final world cup, and it will be the first time for either to win the world cup.
The famous octopus prediction that has rocked the event is been the news sensation lately, the octopus predicted 100% so far on who will win the matches, today's prediction of the Paul the octopus was that Spain will win over Holland. Again we will wait to see if Paul the octopus will be correct again.
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what team did Lebron James pick- Lebron James Picked Maimi heats
Thursday, July 8, 2010It all unfold today as the whole NBA and basketball fans waited to see where lebron will go. Today on ESPN live broadcast King Lebron James named the team he will play with. Lebron James came in to the NBA and he signed five year deal which will allow him to be a free agent in the summer 2010. Many teams have tried to recruit Lebron James, James is the best player in the NBA currently when he was in High school he did a lot of great thing and he will like to continue to do that. Like James said during the interview that one thing you cant control one's destiny and he always like to complete and has no doubt. And lebron James picked Miami heats. Lebron James picked Maimi Heats.
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Stock Rally today
Wednesday, July 7, 2010The stock market saw a lot of green today, with the NASDAQ and the Dow Jones seeing a lot of greens, it seem that the investors are now trusting the market, a the growth in the market today showed that investors are not doing a lot of selling. We have some strong market movers today the food industries, metal and electric companies, the financial firms and the airliners all gained points today.
Since the Dow is having its best days in weeks with over 2.8 percent higher today, should the market be worried because as we all are familiar with the market do fluctuate up and down. We hope the market is very much guided so that we may continue to see more green.
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Spain 1 vs Germany 0
Soon the semi final soccer game kicked off at 1: 30 Eastern time today, it was sure who the winning side may be, as the Spain possessed the ball in most of the game, they made the German machine look like they are an inexperienced team, if not that Spain missed a lot of chances to score, the game would have been a blown out but as we all expected, the best side came up with the win, puyol scored for Spain at the 73 minutes and Spain took the win and they will face Netherlands in the World Cup finals On Sunday.
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Soccer and Government
If soccer has it's own governing body then why should the president of any country interfere? this was the case with the Nigeria national soccer team. The president of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan suspended the Nigeria soccer team from participating in any international matches for two years because they failed to advance in the fifa world cup competition in South Africa. If you see this as a dictatorship governing, you are right, Only in Nigeria will such ridiculous thing has been happening, where any person in the positing of authority is just so hungry to give orders with little chance to understand what exactly is going on. Since the FIFA intervened the president has reversed his other to lift the ban, Imagine if fifa kept quite? how long will we watch some nations continue to do things in the wrong way by suppressing those that has no power with their power ?
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BP Rally despite Oil leak problem
by Funso Oke
BP added to rally today despite all the oil leak problem, the market show BP saw some green today. A lot of people has thought of BP to be close to filling bankruptcy, as the country awaits and expect the oil company to be paying out a lot of funds in lawsuits and claims. It seem it hasn't affected the company that much, is it that they have some funds in other company that they are using to cover up for the loses? We all don't know, but we know that BP has one of the smartest CEO in the world and we are sure that he is not going to just watch the company go down under his care, so we will guess that BP has money somewhere in crude oil company or other well publicly traded company that will be making BP money for now.
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concentration ratio
Tuesday, July 6, 2010Concentration ratio is the percentage of the industry's total output accounted for by the largest firm.
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Why is Your Credit Rating Bad? - Little Known Reasons
Solvemybadcredit is a finance blog that helps people who are currently struggling with bad credit and financial problems. More articles: http://www.solvemybadcredit.co.uk. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Laura_Wolf |
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Understanding HMO and PPO Health Insurance Policies
Insurance is something that you have to learn a ton about and shop around looking Health insurance quotesbefore making a final choice on a plan. If you are looking for individual health insurance or student, there is something for all of you. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ethan_R._Kalvin |
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Internet Marketing - 7 Tips For Wannabee Internet Article Marketers
These are a few of the many tips you will learn as an article marketer. If done well article marketing can be a great way to promote your online or offline business. Think of the search engine results as the yellow pages of the internet and the way of the future as more and more people turn to the internet for advice and to solve their problems. For more information http://www.superteammarketing.com. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kerrie_Sheehan |
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Bad Credit Cash Loan - Money, Fast, Now
Need money but have poor credit? Do you avoid applying for loans for fear of being denied? You can get abad credit loan to solve your money needs. Go to http://www.nocreditcheckloanonline.com and find out how to access a complete list of bad credit lenders. You may be able to get the money you need right away! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Josh_Morris |
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Reason to invest
Sunday, July 4, 2010by Funso Oke
It is all in a state of mind, Investing isn't a behavior or just a way of life, investing is meant to be in a state of mind, this is the key term that separate the money makers investors and the pretender investors. Yes many are interested in investing and many seek knowledge about stock, mutual funds, edge funds, real estates and options stocks but only few actually follow though to invest. The focus here is how many people actually follow up with the knowledge they gain from leaning to invest? Those that did took the initiative to risk their time and money or even their entire savings on investments are those that have the guts to make something happen. As an editor I have seen many that seek information about investing but they never really take the advantage of the information that they posses as a result they are unable to make things work. To invest and see result means to take the step to practice it, those that don't will never have the chance to taste the joy of investing and the extra funds that they can earn from investing.
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Credit Debt Help - How to Secure a Legitimate Credit Card Debt Relief Program
Debt settlement is a legitimate alternative to filing bankruptcy and often makes sense for consumers on the verge of bankruptcy. There are also other debt relief options available so it would be wise to speak with a debt relief specialist to go over your different options. For a free consultation from a debt relief specialist in your area check out the following link: Free Debt Advice. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lindsey_Engram |
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Debt Counseling Services - Finding Popular and Flexible Options For Achieving Debt-Freedom
Debt settlement is a legitimate alternative to filing bankruptcy and often makes sense for consumers on the verge of bankruptcy. There are also other debt relief options available so it would be wise to speak with a debt relief specialist to go over your different options. For a free consultation from a debt relief specialist in your area check out the following link: Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lindsey_Engram |
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Knowledge is Power in Dealing With Your Mineral Rights Lease
UniRoyalties, Ltd. is the leading source to evaluate your oil and gas lease to maximize your asset withdrawal. UniRoyalties, Ltd specializes in fast evaluation and processing of your oil and gas investments lease and provides a complete solution working on behalf of the investor. Protect yourmineral rights lease by getting the best and the most beneficial deal ever which you can positively count on in UniRoyalties. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Joseph_O._Dubose |
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Stock Trading.
Thursday, July 1, 2010What stock are you currently trading and why.
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