Posts Tagged ‘US economy’

Sloan Challenges Santorum

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700 WLW radio talk show host Scott Sloan put the pressure on Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum today as the Ohio primary draws near. Super Tuesday is next week on March 6th, and Ohio is by far the most competitive state of the bunch, with the winners mostly predicted in the other states already.   [...]

Ohio Primary March 6th wiki

Ohio Primary Marh 6th wiki

On March 6th voters in Ohio will be going to voting stations across the state to cast their ballots in support of several ballot provisions, as well as casting a vote for primary candidates for the national and state level elections.   Super Tuesday Ohio Results In many people’s minds will be the Republican primary [...]

Cincinnati Employee Benefits

Worker's Leave Costs Cincinnati $110 million

All companies and government agencies offer some form of time off plans. Whether it ranges from partial pay, to full pay for certain lengths of times, vacation or sick leave or any other alteration, time off for workers have become a staple of the workplace in America. The city of Cincinnati has now been reported [...]

Buy Farmville Monopoly

Buy Farmville Monopoly

Although Facebook may be going public, they are not the only online social phenomenon hitting the news. Though accessible through Facebook, Farmville has managed to hit the news wires. Developed by Zynga, internet users have fallen in love with the slow paced, but addicting virtual world of Farmville. The premise is simple, as the player [...]

Chiquita Moves to Charlotte, Relocation Package Offered

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Chiquita, or Chiquita Brands International, announced a plan to reimburse employees for certain costs of employees that were relocated when Chiquita moved its headquarters from its long time home in Cincinnati, Ohio to Charlotte, North Carolina. The package will include payments in relation to the cost of moving into the new homes and then covering [...]

United States the Richest Nation

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 Which nation is the richest? Recent statistics show that the United States has a highly disproportionation rate of wealthy individuals than anywhere else in the world. These stats also state that to be included in the top 1% of the world’s richest is fairly easy for your average American. To be part of this top [...]

Should Child Labor Be Legal

Should Child Labor Be Legal

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), there are around 158 million children worldwide, aged between five and fourteen who are engaged in some form of labor activities.  While article 32 of the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child states that “the right of the child [is] to be protected from [...]

Netflix Loses Subscribers

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  Netflix, the online instant movie streaming and Digital Video service provider, has seen better days. For a while it seemed as if Netflix could do no wrong. Subscriber counts were constantly going up and their online library of movies was expanding at a tremendous rate. However, everything has seemed to taken a turn for [...]

Accounting Receivables

Accounting Receivables

Receivables   Receivable – right to receive cash in the future on a current transaction   Creditor- one who gets a receivable Debtor- one who takes on a receivable   Accounts receivable (trade receivable) – serve as control account Notes Receivable Control Account- an account in the general ledger that summarizes all related subsidiary accounts [...]

Accounting Internal Control

Accounting Internal Control

Internal Control and Cash   Internal Control- organizational plan and all the related measures that are designed to safeguard assets, encourages employees to follow company policies, promote operational efficiencies, ensure accurate and reliable accounting records.   Safeguard assets- protecting its assets   Encourage employees to follow the company policies- allows results to be measured effectively [...]