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Markets & Prices - Competition and Markets (Cincinnati Bell, a Broadwing Company; The Procter & Gamble Company)
The Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy has a great glossary - Gloss*Arama - which provides this nifty definition of "competition." The glossary is an extensive database of economic terms and concepts and when you search for a concept and get the definition, you also get a list of related terms. You'll also find definitions and related terms for "monopoly," "market control," and "monopolized markets."
Additional information on competition can be found at Bartleby.com's Columbia Encyclopedia.
The Chicago Board of Trade is a futures exchange where contracts are bought and sold. The website contains information on market prices. Also check out the CBOT FAQ which describes why we as consumers need a futures market.
The Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service (OASS) is the main agricultural data gathering agency in the state with the purpose of collecting, compiling and providing current statistics. Primarily OASS provides agricultural commodity producers with information to assist them in making production and marketing decisions.
A partner in the Producing Ohio Project is the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. Be sure to check out "Teachers' Resources" for lesson plans and other resources, including how to bring agriculture to your school and how to plan a hassle-free, creative field trip.
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is the largest trade organization in the U.S. that represents U.S. corn growers. The "Education" area of their site features web-based curriculum: Raising Corn and Using Corn.
Our other partner in this project, for this unit, is the Ohio Corn Marketing Program. Their website features state corn statistics, corn usage, the history of corn and three groups of Elementary Activities in their Education area. Teachers can also find a guide to these activities at that location.
Food and Agricultures of the World is presented by the Agropolis-Museum, which is a Science Center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with an historical approach on a worldwide scale.
Check out the AmosWEB Economic Gloss*Arama that accompanies The Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy. It's an extensive database (over 1,100 terms) of economic terms and concepts. Type in the term you want to find, and when the Gloss*Arama returns a definition, you'll also get a list of related terms to check.
Cincinnati Bell, a Broadwing Company |
Cincinnati Bell, a business partner for the Producing Ohio project, provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services to residential and business customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Check out their website to get more information on the company, its products and services.
Broadwing was created as the result of the merger of IXC Communications and Cincinnati Bell. Broadwing is a customer-focused, integrated communications company which delivers Internet, data, voice and IT solutions to large and medium-sized businesses nationwide.
You can page through the White or Yellow Page Directories, or you can search Cincinnati Exhange.com an online yellowpages service of Cincinnati Bell. Not only that, but the site features topic searches, point-to-point directions and a phone number search.
The Procter & Gamble Company |
The Procter & Gamble Company website features not only a company history and product information, but you can also find health care and household resources and tips, sign up for free samples of P&G products, and get the latest information on company brands.
P&G markets Sunny Delight to "tweens" (kids between 8 and 13 years) and this stance is reflected in their bold and colorful website. Here you can find out about the different juice drink flavors and vitamin and mineral content information.
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