Use the GM’s Bankruptcy discussion thread to discuss the fall of the largest automobile manufacturer in the United States.

When GM declared bankruptcy what happened to their shares of common stock? Could you purchase shares of GM stock when they were in bankruptcy? What was their stock value prior to declaring bankruptcy and what is their stock trading at now that they are out of bankruptcy?

News reports from the western United States occasionally report incidents of cattle ranchers slaughtering many newborn calves and burying them in mass graves rather than transporting them to markets. Assuming that this is rational behavior by profit-maximizing "firms," explain what economic factors may influence such behavior. Justify your answer.

at least two paragraphs

How did World War II change the United States’ relationship with the rest of the world? What were the major events which prompted American involvement in the war, and what effect did the war have domestically? How did American foreign policy change after the end of World War II?

(minimum 200 words please, thank you!)

Suppose the mean income of 35-year -olds in the United States is $25,000. A random sample of 150 35-year-olds in California results in a sample mean income of $26,600 and a sample standard deviation of $3800. At the 1% significance level, can we conclude that the true mean income of 35-year-old Californians is greater than that of the nation, in general?

“WakeUP”, a Mississippi company that produces coffee products, sells their products throughout the United States and is considering expanding its business into Europe. If so, they will have income derived from sales to US Customers and income derived from sales within Europe. Assess the impacts that selling their products abroad will have to WakeUP and any tax incentives that will apply to their situation.

A researcher at a major hospital wishes to estimate the proportion of the adult population of the United States that has high blood pressure. How large a sample is needed to be 90% confident that the sample proportion will not differ from the true proportion by more than 5%

A. If no preliminary estimate is available

B. If a recent survey indicated that 43% of the population suffers from high blood pressure.

Which one of the following statements about commercial paper is NOT true?Commercial paper issued in the United States a. carries an interest rate above the prime rate. b. is virtually always rated by at least one ratings agency. c. has a maximum maturity of 270 days. d. has no secondary market. e. is an unsecured short-term promissory note.

Suppose you meet an extraterrestrial alien. The alien is doing a research project on the health care

system in the United States since the 1960’s. The alien understands that disease exists and that

resources are scarce. Explain to the alien the foundational parts of our health care system AND how our

health care system has evolved since the 1960’s and why.

Discuss the role of Black Americans in both the winning of the Civil War as well as "defining the war's consequences." At the same time, think about and discuss the comparisons between the "end of slavery in the United States" and "emancipation elsewhere in the world." Finally, discuss how African Americans were treated by both northerners and southerners in the aftermath of the Civil War during Reconstruction. please help

You believe that the total amount of goods produced in the United States has generally increased over the years. In a time-series graph illustrating the total amount produced, you expect to find

A) an upward trend.

B) an inverse relationship between time and the amount of goods produced.

C) a linear relationship.

D) no relationship between time and the amount of goods produced.