Competitive balance has always been a priority of professional sports leagues; however, in the NBA, competitive balance was disrupted in 2010 when LeBron James and Chris Bosh signed with the Miami Heat and joined with Dwyane Wade to win multiple NBA championships. James and Bosh signed for significantly less money than had they re-signed with their original teams. What are the pros and cons of these signings as they relate to the health and parity of the league? What has the NBA done to limit these types of free agent moves in the future? Rubrics

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be:

Who owns a renter-occupied apartment? a. the government b. a landlord c. the resident d. a cooperative