1. How was the Comcast-NBC Universal meger a vertical merger? Explain in detail.

2. How was the Comcast-NBC Universal merger anticompetitive? Explain in detail.

Compare and contrast Sorensen’s Comparable worth, Human capital theory, and Kanter’s views (tokenism) about wage gap between men and women. Explain, in detail, comparable worth. Why does pay gap exist, according to Sorensen? Why there is so much resistance to comparable worth? Do you think that pay equality is possible through comparable worth?

Miss Mamamia, an architect from Tanzania, was under an employment contract in Malaysia with Syikin Sdn Bhd since 1 November 2009. Since then, her pattern of stay until she left Malaysia permanently on 31 December 2016 was as follows:

Period of stay                                                Place of stay

01.11.2009 to 31.12.2010                               In Malaysia

01.01.2011 to 30.09.2011                               In Australia doing consultancy work in

connection with her service

01.10.2011 to 31.10.2013                               In Tanzania visiting families

01.11.2013 to 03.07.2014                               In Malaysia

04.07.2014 to 31.07.2015                               In Singapore for holidays

01.08.2015 to 17.11.2015                               In Malaysia

18.11.2015 to 30.11.2016                               In Indonesia for holidays

01.12.2016 to 31.12.2016                              In Malaysia

Required:

(i) Determine the residence status of Miss Mamamia for all the years of assessment

between 2009 and 2016.

(Your answer should state the reasons and the relevant Sections of the Income Tax Act 1967).

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(ii) Miss Mamamia has been reliably informed by her colleague that she will have many benefits being a tax resident in Malaysia.

Explain to her the tax benefits of being a resident under the Income Tax Act 1967.

(iii) In determining the resident status of an individual, certain period of absence is deemed to be period of presence under Income Tax Act 1967.

Briefly list and explain the period of deemed presence, together with the relevant

section.

Chris and Renuka provided to their tax accountant the following details of their stay within Malaysia and abroad in the years 2014 and 2015:

Chris

01.01.2014 - 20.01.2014 (20 days) In Malaysia

21.01.2014 - 02.07.2014 (163 days) In New Zealand

03.07.2014 - 14.09.2014 (74 days) In Malaysia

15.09.2014 - 30.09.2014 (16 days) Attended an accounting seminar in Singapore

01.10.2014 - 31.12.2014 (92 days) In Malaysia

01.01.2015 - 31.01.2015 (31 days) In Malaysia

01.02.2015 - 31.12.2015 (334 days) In Singapore

Renuka

01.01.2014 - 24.02.2014 (55 days) In Malaysia

25.03.2014 - 27.08.2014 (124 days) In Switzerland

27.08.2014 - 31.12.2014 (126 days) In Malaysia

01.01.2015 - 31.05.2015 (149 days) In Indonesia

01.06.2015 - 17.09.2015 (109 days) In Malaysia

18.09.2015 - 30.09.2015 (13 days) Social visit to Indonesia

01.10.2015 - 30.11.2015 (61 days) In Malaysia

01.12.2015 - 31.12.2015 (31 days) In South Africa

Required:

(i) Ascertain the residence status of Chris and Renuka for the years 2014 and 2015

under the Malaysian ITA. State the relevant section of the tax legislation and explain the reasons for arriving at each of your answers.

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(ii) Explain the advantages of being a tax resident in Malaysia in respect of an individual.Candidates are required to provide any FOUR advantages of being a tax resident in Malaysia for tax purposes.

Inflation in the country of Hypothetica is currently 5%, ABOVE the target range of its central bank

(1) In this situation, what is the central bank likely to do with regard to monetary policy? Briefly explain your answer and state also what is likely to occur to the price level and output at the end of this process (there is no need to draw a diagram, but you can if you feel it helps you explain your answer)

(2) What happens if the central bank does not intervene? Will the economy eventually return to long-run equilibrium (potential GDP)? Briefly explain your answer and state also what is likely to occur to the price level and output at the end of this process (there is no need to draw a diagram, but you can if you feel it helps you explain your answer).

A. Determine the maximum absorbance wavelength for the dye (Amaranth) in nm (use internet or ask me for alternative method if you don't have regular access) and in a few sentences explain what is happening when inside the instrument when an absorbance spectra is being acquired. What are the units on the y-axis (ordinate) of the graph? What would be the problem with using a acrylic cell when the sample absorbs in the UV region of the EM spectrum? Explain IN DETAIL (including what glassware you would use, etc.) how you would prepare 10 standards of stock solution and do one calculation showing how the stock solution (3.0e-03 M) would be diluted to the most concentrated standard (3.0e-05 M) and what the purpose of using standards is when determining an unknown sample.

You have an urn with 3 balls, some are red and some are blue. Let Bn, n = 0, 1, 2, . . ., denote the number of blue balls at time n. (Then the number of red balls at time n is 3 − Bn.) When we make a transition from time n to time n + 1, we pick one of the balls uniformly at random (i.e., pick each ball with equal probability), and then do one of the following

(a) with probability 1/4 leave this ball in the urn;

(b) with probability 3/4 replace this ball by a ball of opposite color.

Is {Bn, n ≥ 0} is a Markov Chain? If so, what is state space and transition probabilities?

Gallup recently conducted a survey about the proportion of Americans who use e-cigarettes (vape). The survey data was collected via random-digit-dial telephone interviews conducted July 1-12, 2019 with a random sample of 1525 adults living in all 50 U.S. states with a minimum quota of 70% cellphone respondents and 30% landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas by time zone within region. The following table summarizes their results for men and women:

Problem 1.

1. Based on the data found in the table, approximately what percent of Americans vape? For credit, be sure to show your work. Round to two digits after the decimal.

2. What is the margin of error of this estimate? Use a 95% confidence level and be sure to show your work with an appropriate sketch. Round to four digits after the decimal.

Problem 2. Does the data suggest that a greater proportion of men vape compared to women? Conduct a hypothesis test to at the 5% significance level by completing the following steps:

1. State the null and alternative hypotheses. Be sure to include proper statistical notation.

2. Check the conditions for inference.

3. Compute the test statistic. For full credit, be sure to show your work.

4. Determine the p-value or the critical value (depending on the method you

   prefer). Either way, be sure to show your work by drawing a sketch.

5. Using either the p-value or critical value method, make a decision about the

   null hypothesis. Be sure to show how your decision was made.

6. Based on the results of the hypothesis test, does it appear that “use of e-

   cigarettes” and “gender” are independent variables? In other words, is it equally likely

   for a man to vape as it is for a woman to vape? Explain.

7. Would the results of the hypothesis test change at the 1% significance level?

   Explain.