Based on this definition, indicate which of the following transactions will be included or excluded in (that is, directly increase the GDP of the United States in 2015. a. Chocolate Express, a Swiss chocolate company, produces a chocolate bar at a plant in Illinois on December 2, 2017. An elementary school student buys the chocolate bar on December 18.
b. Tasty's, a U. S. fast-food company, produces a hamburger at one of its many St. Louis locations on January 21, 2017. It sells the hamburger to a customer that same day.
c. Rotato, a U. S. tire company, produces a set of tires at a plant in Michigan on September 5, 2017. It sells the set of tires to Speedmaster for use in the production of a two-door coupe that will be made in the United States in 2017. (Note: Focus exclusively on whether production of the set of tires increases GDP directly, and ignore the effect of production of the two-door coupe on GDP.)
d. Roadway Motors, a U. S. automobile company, produces a convertible at a plant in Germany on March 10, 2017.
e. Roadway Motors imports the convertible into the United States on May 19, 2017. The Jones family buys an antique silver platter at an auction in upstate New York on March 10, 2017.

Why might a business based on a fad be a good idea? question 2 options: fads bring in the most customers. some fads are longer lasting than expected. fads have made some business owners incredibly wealthy. fads can take a business in a new direction.

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

From what part of income should someone take savings?