Examples of recent trends in the economic environment of U.S. businesses are:

(a) increasing deregulation, decreasing global conpetition, and a shift toward providing services rather than goods.

(b) increasing deregulation, increasing global competition, and a shift toward providing goods rather than services.

(c) decreasing deregulation, decreasing global competition, and a shift toward providing services rather than goods.

(d) increasing deregulation, increasing global competition, and a shift toward providing services rather than goods.