Joshua is president of an accounting firm that has 10 employees. The only employee benefit provided by the firm is a paid two-week vacation for employees with one or more year of service. The firm’s profits have substantially increased, and Joshua would like to provide some additional benefits to the employees. Joshua needs advice concerning the types of benefits to provide. Joshua would like to provide health insurance benefits to the employees. What are the major types of Managed Care Plans that he might consider. Tip: HMO, PPO, and POS should be explained

A grant writer for school programming is putting together a four year plan to increase salaries and benefits. The plan is to increase the first year's numbers by 4% for second year; 2.5% for the third year and 2% for the 4th year. Year one the amount for salaries and benefits is $130,000. What would be the amounts for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year.

Phil Dunphy, a real estate agent, is considering whether he should list an unusual $340,864 house for sale.  If he lists it, he will need to spend $3,060 in advertising, staging, and fresh cookies.  The current owner has given Phil 6 months to sell the house.  If he sells it, he will receive a commission of $20,023.  If he is unable to sell the house, he will lose the listing and his expenses.  Phil estimates the probability of selling this house in 6 months to be 71%.  What is the expected profit on this listing?

Kimberly works four days per week, Monday through Thursday. She rides the Metropolitan Transit System bus to and from work. The bus cost schedule is shown in the table below. If Kimberly has three weeks of vacation each year, what type of bus ticket should Kimberly buy to save the most money each year? Metropolitan Transit System Bus Pricing single ride:    adult/youth: $2.25   senior/disabled/Medicare: $1.10    children 5 and under: free when    accompanied by a paying adult 1-day pass: $5.00 2-day pass: $9.00 4-day pass: $15.00 14-day pass: $43.00 monthly pass:   adult: $72.00   18 & under: $36.00   senior/disabled/Medicare: $18.00

Please state your opinions based upon what you have learned from the book. If you had $1,000 in your account, how would you build an investment portfolio? If you had $10,000 in your account, how would you build an investment portfolio? If your wealth increased to $100,000 or $1,000,000, then what would your investment portfolio look like? Based on your investment options, can you evaluate your risk level? If risk levels range from 1 to 10 with 10 being the most risky, which risk level are you in? You can relate those questions to your personnel experience/life. Think about your age, your income, your family issues, careers, etc. The write-up doesn't need to be professional or very long. No formal format is required. The project helps you think about the objectives of the course.

You decide to buy some lattes for your office group from Starbucks. Suppose your local Starbucks charges a pre-tax price of $4.45 for a Grande latte and you want to buy some for office group and one for you. You also decide to purchase a pumpkin scone for you for $3.65 (pre-tax). In addition, you must pay the sales tax in Spokane of 8.7% and you want to leave 15% tip (using the subtotal and tax) for the barista. If you have $50 to spend on this how many lattes can you buy? How much will you have left over?