Which of the following, if true, would illustrate why price indexes such as the College Student Price Index (CSPI) might overstate inflation in the cost of going to college?

a) Professors required each student to buy 10 textbooks, regardless of the price.

b) As the price of textbooks increased, more and more students turned to the used-book market of chose not to buy textbooks at all and use the copies on reserve in the library.

c) A new, safe method of memory enhancement became available for purchase.

d) The quality and design calculators improved dramatically from 2010 to 2012. For example, calculators made in 2012 accept memory cards, whereas those made in 2010 do not.

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Which of the following tasks would be a line cook's main responsibility? oa. frying french fries ob. chopping onions oc. taking inventory of stocked dry goods od. paying invoices

Dan wants to start a supermarket in his hometown, and wants to get into the business only after finding out about the market and how successful his business might be. the best way for dan to gain knowledge is to: