Due to Several Years of Poor Performance, Scrappy's Metal Fabrication

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Due to several years of poor performance, Scrappy's Metal Fabrication, Inc., is closing. Through the use of debt financing, workers plan to purchase the company's stock from current shareholders in order to buy the firm, improve company performance, and save jobs.

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Seasonal Indexes

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Time Series

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Forecasting Models

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Mean Absolute Deviation

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