Mister Plow has contracted to perform snow removal services for the city of Springfield. Record snowfall has more than doubled the time he will spend on the streets and the resources this job will require. Unfortunately, Mister Plow cannot come back to the city for more money, because the service contract is:

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

Bob, an employee at machina corp., is well known among his colleagues because of his temper and impatience. during a heated argument with one of his supervisors, he reacts with hostility. bob's manager calls him in for a discussion and listens to what he has to say about the incident, while treating him with dignity and respect. this scenario can be best categorized as one that used

2. activities included (and not included) in the calculation ofgdp the gross domestic product (gdp) of the united states is defined as the all in a given period of time. based on this definition, indicate which of the following transactions will be included in (that is, directly increase) the gdp of the united states in 2017. scenario 2017 gdp included excluded calculo, a u.s. electronics company, produces a calculator at a plant in indonesia on march 17, 2017. calculo imports the calculator into the united states on may 21, 2017. awake cafe, a u.s. coffee company, produces a latte at its location in minneapolis on january 9, 2017. it sells the latte to a customer immediately. fastlane, a japanese automobile company, produces a sedan at a plant in indiana on december 12, 2017. a family buys the sedan on december 24. you chop down a cherry tree on your property in california and make a dining room table in 2017. a similar table sells for $800 in a local furniture store. graincorp, a u.s. agricultural company, produces corn syrup at a plant in iowa on september 19, 2017. it sells the corn syrup to crunchy's for use in the production of cereal that will be made in the united states in 2017. (note: focus exclusively on whether production of the corn syrup increases gdp directly, and ignore the effect of production of the cereal on gdp.)