When a firm that has not traditionally been a competitor of EcoPro suddenly creates a new type of product that makes the products of EcoPro obsolete, this is an example of which type of force in the environment?A) demographic forces in the general environment. B) competitors in the task environment. C) suppliers in the task environment. D) politics in the general environment.

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.