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What questions do you have about certain industries or businesses that operate in the region and...

What questions do you have about certain industries or businesses that operate in the region and what they need or want in terms of innovation, customer service, product or packaging design, management, operations, finances, sustainability, or other areas?

In: Accounting

XYZ stock price and dividend history are as follows:   Year Beginning-of-Year Price Dividend Paid at Year-End...

XYZ stock price and dividend history are as follows:
  Year Beginning-of-Year Price Dividend Paid at Year-End
  2010 $ 124                 $ 4                    
  2011 $ 135                 $ 4                    
  2012 $ 115                 $ 4                    
  2013 $ 120                 $ 4                    

An investor buys six shares of XYZ at the beginning of 2010, buys another two shares at the beginning of 2011, sells one share at the beginning of 2012, and sells all seven remaining shares at the beginning of 2013.

To compute dollar-weighted return, prepare a chart of cash flows for the four dates corresponding to the turns of the year for January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2013. (Enter your answer as an integer. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Date      Cash Flow (for the investor)
1/1/2013 ?

In: Finance

Government survey takers determine that typical family expenditures each month in the base year 2010 are...

Government survey takers determine that typical family expenditures each month in the base year 2010 are as follows: 25 pizzas @ $10 each; rent of apartment at $ 800 per month; Gasoline and car maintenance, $ 50; Basic phone services, $ 50.

In 2011, the survey determines that the price of pizza has risen to $12 each, apartment rent is $850, gasoline and car maintenance, $ 80 and basic phone services have dropped to $ 30 (Tabulate the data given) (6 points)

  1. Find the CPI in year 2011 and the rate of inflation between base year 2010 and 2011
  2. The family’s nominal income rose by 5% between the 2010 and 2011. Are they worse off or better off in terms of what their income is able to buy?

In: Economics

The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) was signed into law in March 2010. Did it “bend...

The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) was signed into law in March 2010. Did it “bend the health care cost curve downward” as its supporters promised it would?

A. Social Security recipients receive annual adjustments in their benefits (COLAs) based on year-to-year changes in the CPI-W. (Actually, the Social Security annual COLA is tied to the third quarter to third quarter change from year to year, but let’s just use March to March, 2010 to 2018). Calculate the increase over that eight year period.

B. And finally, what about the average worker? For that, calculate the percent increase in compensation—using the index of hourly compensation, business sector of the economy—over the period from first quarter 2010 to first quarter 2018.

In: Economics

A Comparative Statement of Financial Position for Vivaldi Corporation is given below; Dec-31 Assets 2010 2009...

A Comparative Statement of Financial Position for Vivaldi Corporation is given below;

Dec-31

Assets

2010

2009

Land

$71,000

$110,000

Equipment

270,000

200,000

Accumulated depreciation—equipment

-69,000

-42,000

Inventories

180,000

189,000

Accounts receivable

82000

66,000

Cash

63,000

22,000

Total

$597,000

$545,000

Equity and Liabilities

Share capital—ordinary ($1 par)

$214,000

$164,000

Retained earnings

199,000

134,000

Bonds payable

         150,000

200,000

Accounts payable

34,000

47000

Total

$597,000

$545,000

Additional Information

  1. Net Income for 2010 was $105000
  2. Cash Dividend of $40000 were declared and paid
  3. Bonds payable amounting to $50000 were retired.

Requirement:

Prepare Statement of Cash Flow for the year 2010.

In: Accounting

Q3 a) i) state 3 uses of index numbers ii) State 2 limitations of index numbers...

Q3
a)
i) state 3 uses of index numbers
ii) State 2 limitations of index numbers
b)
The prices and quantities (in Kg) of four food items ( gari, milk, sugar, and rice) purchased by an individual household in a typical month in 2010, and 2015 are given in the following table

Food item 2010 2015
Price (GHS) Quantity (Kg) Price (GHS) Quantity (Kg)
Gari 300 6 410 10
Rice 810 5 420 14
Milk 280 4 1250 4
sugar 240 3 350 8
Using 2010 as the base year, compute and interpret
i)Laspeyres index numbers
ii)Pasche’s index numbers
Fisher’s index numbers, for 2015   

In: Statistics and Probability

Unemployment Rate                                      Civilian Labor

Unemployment Rate                                      Civilian Labor Force Level

2008: 5.0                                                         2008: 145

2009: 7.8                                                        2009: -445

2010: 9.8                                                       2010: 373

2011: 9.1                                                        2011: -387

2012: 8.3                                                       2012: 386

2013: 8.0                                                     2013: 135        

2014: 6.6                                                     2014: 175

1) Make a graph with the dates along the horizontal axis and the unemployment rate on the vertical axis. Plot the data from the table on this graph. See if you can identify a peak, trough, recession, and/or expansion in that data.

2) Notice that the unemployment rate falls from Jan. 2010 to Jan 2011. Make an argument why the economy may not actually be recovering by referring to the labor force data from that same time period.

In: Economics

Company sells a machine for $6,800 under a 12-month warranty agreement that requires the company to...

Company sells a machine for $6,800 under a 12-month warranty agreement that requires the company to replace all defective parts and to provide the repair labor at no cost to the customers. With sales being made evenly throughout the year, the company sells 500 machines in 2010 (warranty expense is incurred 25% in 2010, 60% in 2011 and 15% in 2012). As a result of product testing, the company estimates that the warranty cost is $380 per machine ($200 parts and $180 labor).

      Required:

Assuming that actual warranty costs are incurred exactly as estimated, prepare the journal entries that would be made under application of the expense warranty accrual method for the following:

             i.      Warranty costs incurred in 2010.                                                          

            ii.      Warranty costs incurred in 2011.                                                           

In: Accounting

2. Compare and contrast trends in income inequality between 1910 and 2010 in Continental Western European...


2. Compare and contrast trends in income inequality between 1910 and 2010 in Continental Western European Countries such as France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, as well as Japan, as a group relative to Anglo-Saxon countries such as Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Discuss three periods: Approximately 1910-1940, 1940s-1970s, 1980-2010.

a. What policy differences have been put forward to explain the 1980-2010 period?

b. Does the evolution of inequality in these two groups of countries support the Skill biased technological change argument or the “institutionalist” argument of increasing inequality? (Define both and explain).

c. Are emerging economies following a pattern of income inequality more similar to the Anglo-Saxon countries or continental Europe? Explain.

In: Economics

#1. Calculate the pH for each of the following cases in the titration of 50.0 mL...

#1. Calculate the pH for each of the following cases in the titration of 50.0 mL of 0.200 M HClO(aq) with 0.200 M KOH(aq). The ionization constant of HClO is Ka = 4.0×10–8.

(a) Before addition of any KOH

(b) After addition of 25.0 mL of KOH

(c) After addition of 30.0 mL of KOH

(d) After addition of 50.0 mL of KOH

(e) After addition of 60.0 mL of KOH

#2 Calculate the pH for each of the following cases in the titration of 25.0 mL of 0.200 M pyridine, C5H5N(aq) with 0.200 M HBr(aq). The ionization constant for pyridine is Kb = 1.7×10–9.

(a) Before addition of any HBr

(b) After addition of 12.5 mL of HBr

(c) After addition of 20.0 mL of HBr

(d) After addition of 25.0 mL of HBr

(e) After addition of 29.0 mL of HBr

In: Chemistry