TICKET PRICES AND ATHLETE SALARIES NEGATIVELY AFFECTED PROFESSIONAL SPORTS? Professional sports are a multi-billion dollar global industry and these events contribute a great deal to a nation's economic performance. As the global economy continues to recover from the lingering aftershocks of the Great Recession of 2008, though, the pressing issues of skyrocketing ticket prices and athlete salaries and how they have negatively affected professional sports have assumed new importance and

The fact that a site like Stubhub has gained so much popularity and has continued to thrive is testament to the fact that its existence helps to equalize the economic forces and sustain the secondary ticket sales market. These facts alone do not justify the existence of sites like Stubhub, but they show a demand for a secondary market, at least in tickets sales for these types of sporting

Inauguration Once every four years, the President of the United States is sworn in at the inauguration ceremony in January. The event is practical as well as symbolic. It represents the culmination of American democracy, as the leader of the United States of America is empowered and entrusted with the duties of office. The inauguration ceremony might be distasteful for those who harbor resentment against Obama because but that ill will

Moreover, the orchestra has shown how much it cares about the younger generation, in particular those talented minority youths who are just looking for a chance to learn an instrument and be part of music-making in Dallas. The program reaching out in particular to young Latinos and African-Americans is called "Young Strings," and as the orchestra's Web site points out, "virtuosos aren't born - they're trained." Another worthwhile program reaches out

Southwest Airlines The airline industry has been one that has consistently lost money during the last decade. Even before that, if an airline did not have a good business strategy, they were most likely doomed to failure. Many people do not remember Braniff, TWA or Pan American, but for a long time they were among the largest air carriers in the world. He present model, for airlines as well as other

Business and Professional Ethics The fraud triangle is an old and basic concept that is usually used to detect the occurrence of fraud or deter it from taking place. The paper is a case study of an employee and its main focus will be application of the fraud triangle in detecting the fraud or deterring such a fraud from happening again in the organization. When a fraud occurs there are three elements