I need to make a strategic IT plan for Emirates Airline so I need the organization background answering the following points:

• Date that the company was founded.
• Outline, in point form, a brief history of your company.
• Outline any acquisitions or changes in ownership.
• Are any changes of ownership anticipated?
• What are the major challenges the company has overcome to date? In the last 5 years? In the last year?
• How would you describe your company in one sentence?
• Do you see any changes in the business markets in the future?
• What are the implications, if any, of this information with respect to IT?

The wage for workers in a competitive market is initially $10 and rent, the cost of capital (also rented in a competitive market), is initially $5. Now suppose that wages decrease to $8 and rent decreases to $2.

a) Describe how the scale effect changes a firm's use of labor and capital.

b) Describe how the substitution effect changes a firm's use of labor and capital.

c) Overall will a firm hire more or fewer workers? Will a firm rent more or less capital?

d) Will a firm change its production technology given the changes in w and r?

Whether you agree or disagree with the concept of global warming, one thing is clear....the oceans are becoming more acidic with time. Although the changes in pH are small in number, it is enough change to have a detremental effect on the coral systems living within the ocean (as remember pH operates on a logarithm). In many real world applications, as with the coral systems in the ocean, small changes in pH can cause death. However, some of these systems have built in buffer mechanisms to maintain pH in cases where it could be deadly in cases of very small changes.

In this week's discussion:

A) Describe the term pH and and the pH scale briefly.

B) Describe the chemistry behind a physiological buffer system.

C) Describe a scenario (other than the oceans and blood) where small changes in pH are critical and whether that described system has a buffer mechanism.

Your company is considering a new project that will require $10,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of five years and will be depreciated to a book value of $3,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 9 percent, and the firm's tax rate is 34 percent. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.

Which statement is true regarding cost-cutting proposals?

a) What are the main features of the Canadian economy in the second quarter of 2014? Did Canada have a recessionary gap or an inflationary gap in 2014? How do you know?

b) Use the AS - AD model to show the changes in aggregate demand and aggregate supply that occurred in 2013 and 2014 that brought the economy to its situation in mid-2014;

c) Use the AS - AD model to show the changes in aggregate demand and aggregate supply that will have occurred when full employment is restored;

d) Use the AS - AD model to show the changes in aggregate demand and aggregate supply that would occur if the government increased its expenditure on goods and services or cut taxes by enough to restore full employment.

e) Use the AS - AD model to show the changes in aggregate demand and aggregate supply that would occur if the economy moved into an inflationary gap. Show the short-run and the long-run effects.

1. A manager wishes to check the miles her taxi cabs are driven each day. Her findings are shown below. Construct a frequency distribution, using ten classes.

   136	97	163	118	146	109	99
   124	119	151	122	131	124	101
   118	118	119	142	124	137	106
   152	99	107	151	139	116	137
   143	105	99	125	108	160	142

   What is the Range? Blank 1

   What is the Class Width? Blank 2

   Fill in the table after creating it on paper. rf and crf are rounded to two decimal places. To input the Class Limits and Class Boundaries, you will need to put the lower class limit/boundary in the first blank and the upper class limit/boundary in the blank below where you input the lower. It is the way the Blackboard tool works.

   Class Limits	Class Boundaries	Midpoints	f	cf	rf	crf
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1. Andrew Cousins is 63 years old and is employed as a personal tax planning advisor by PWMG LLP. Andrew is married to Ying Yue Cousins; Ying Yue is a pensions analyst at Falcons plc, a large investment bank.

   Andrew owns an investment portfolio of tangible and intangible assets; he is also a keen collector of antique paintings and sculptures. Andrew intends to retire in the near future; he plans to acquire a retirement home in Nice, France. To finance this acquisition, he made a number of disposals from his investment portfolio during the tax year 2019/20.

   Which of the following disposals would be exempt or wholly relieved from capital gains tax in 2019/20?

   1. Sale of corporate bonds issued by Ravens plc, an engineering company that operates in the UK oil and gas sector

   2. Sale of an oil painting to Ying Yue Cousins. The oil painting had a market value on disposal of £18,000, but Andrew sold it to Ying Yue for a total consideration of £10,000. The painting cost £3,000 when acquired on 6 December 1999

   3. Sale of Andrew’s principal private residence (i.e. his main residence), a house in London, UK. Andrew acquired the house in 1996

   4. Part disposal of 400 shares in Trubisky Inc., a company that is resident in Delaware, USA; the shares were acquired in two acquisitions of £23,000 for 259 shares on 7 October 1994 and £35,000 for 303 shares on 11 July 2001, respectively. Net disposal consideration on the part disposal were £516,000

3. Ahmed Benghazi owns and manages a bakery. Ahmed’s business, Benghazi Mediterranean Khabbaz, produces luxury bread, cakes and pastries for restaurants and delicatessens in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

   During the tax year 2019/20, Benghazi Mediterranean Khabbaz’s taxable turnover (excluding capital items) was £222,070. The business’s VAT administration and payments of VAT liabilities are up-to-date. Ahmed Benghazi has never been convicted of a VAT offence or assessed to a penalty for VAT evasion involving dishonest conduct. Since the business started trading in 2012/13, Benghazi Mediterranean Khabbaz has participated in the flat-rate scheme for small businesses.

   Which, if any, of the special schemes for VAT administration are available for Benghazi Mediterranean Khabbaz in 2019/20?

   1. Cash accounting and annual accounting schemes only

   2. Flat rate scheme for small businesses only

   3. Cash accounting scheme, annual accounting scheme and flat-rate scheme for

      small businesses

   4. Annual accounting scheme and flat rate scheme for small businesses

5. Laura
Investment Services Ltd. Jackson Investment Services is a limited company, incorporated under the UK Companies Act 2006. Laura receives dividends from Jackson Investment Services Ltd.

Jackson Investment Services Ltd employs two investment analysts and an administrative assistant. Laura sub-contracts some of Jackson Investment Services Ltd’s work to Josh Dalton, a sole trader and self-employed tax specialist.

Jackson is an asset management advisor; she owns and manages Jackson

Which of the following are chargeable to Jackson Investment Services Ltd for the year ended 31 March 2020?

1. Corporation tax, Class 4 National Insurance contributions and income tax

2. Income tax and corporation tax

3. Corporation tax and Class 1 secondary National Insurance contributions

4. 4. Corporation tax, Class 1 primary National Insurance contributions and income tax

5. The badges of trade are the key factors in deciding whether an activity constitutes a trade.Josh Prescott is employed as an indirect taxation specialist by Falcons LLP, a large investment bank. Josh is also a talented mathematician and computer programmer: he provides risk analysis consultancy services to professional sports clubs in North America.

6. During the tax year 2019/20, Josh engaged in a number of transactions. Which of the following transactions would be used to determine if Josh’s risk analysis and consultancy services are a trading activity? A. Sale of risk analysis and management software to the Portland Panthers American Football Club. The software was originally designed for use in rugby; Josh adapted and improved the software for use in American football. B.Throughout the tax year 2019/20, Josh was supplied with a car by Falcons LLP. Josh used the car for both work and private use. Josh agreed to reimburse Falcons LLP for the full cost of any fuel used for private journeys: this amounted to £3,720, which Josh paid in a single instalment on 3 April 2019. C.Josh sold a licence for a risk analysis model for use in baseball to the Toronto Angels Baseball Club. Josh sold the licence for £70,000 on 1 July 2019.   D. Previously, he had sold licences to use the risk analysis model to four other baseball clubs.

Josh acquired debt finance to fund the acquisition of digital recording technology. The technology was used to collect data that Josh then used as part of his risk analysis consultancy activities.

Rate each of the following effects of the Industrial revolution as, in your opinion, mostly positive or mostly negative: a) population growth, b) economic growth, c) standard of living, d) changes in family life, e) class divisions, and f) environmental changes. Explain your choices.

Pregnancy typically occurs during the adult life stage. A woman’s body undergoes many changes during pregnancy. Using the table below, list 5 changes that may occur, their signs/symptoms, and causes.