Give your view on this statement: “The absence of public assistance had forced the people of Europe to establish various types of self-help organization“ (Zeuli & Cropp, 2004, page 6). How can cooperatives play a role in the current economic crisis?

Jakobsen, K. (2004). If work doesn’t work: How to enable occupational justice. Journal of Occupational Science, 11, 125-134.

How does this occupational injustice affect the participants ability to choose and participate in occupations? What kinds of occupations are affected?

A certain forum reported that in a survey of 2004 American adults, 28% said they believed in astrology.

(a) Calculate a confidence interval at the 99% confidence level for the proportion of all adult Americans who believe in astrology. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) ,

1. So far there is no multilateral level investment agreement (MIA), despite attempts from OECD, UN, and other international institutions. What do you think are the key reasons for the failure of MIA?   Explain the major reasons (read Young and Tavares, 2004).

You want to know the price of a 8% coupon bond that is currently being traded in the bond markets. The maturity of the bond is 3 years, its par value is $1000, and it pays its coupons annually. You do not know the corresponding market interest rates, but you know the YTM of 8 % for the bond.

(1) What is the price of this bond?

(2) Does this mean that YTM is equivalent to the market interest rate determined in the bond market? Why, or why not?

Problem 4-04

Calculate a Dow Jones Industrial Average for days 1 through 5. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to three decimal places.

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

Day 5:

Problem 7.6A. Unmatched Elegance Gift Shop sells cards, supplies, and various holiday greeting cards. Sales to retail customers are subject to an 8 percent sales tax. The firm sells it merchandise for cash; to customers using bank credit cards, such as MasterCard and VISA; and to customers using American Express. The bank credit cards charge a 2 percent fee. American Express charges a 3 percent fee. Unmatched Elegance Gift Shop also grants trade discounts to certain wholesale customers who place large orders. These orders are not subject to sales tax. During February 2016, Unmatched Elegance Gift Shop engaged in the following transactions:

Instructions

1. Open the general ledger accounts indicated below and enter the balances a of February 1, 2016.
2. Record the transactions in a general journal. Use 10 as the journal page number.
3. Post the entries from the general journal to the appropriate accounts in the general ledger.

General Ledger Accounts

101                  Cash, $23,230 Dr.                              401                  Sales

121                  Accounts Receivable                         521                  Credit Card Expense

222                  Sales Tax Payable

Analyze: What was the total credit card expense incurred in February?

The owner of a restaurant that serves Continental-style entrées has the business objective of learning more about the patterns of patron demand during the Friday-to-Sunday weekend time period. She decided to study the i.) demand for dessert during this time period, ii.) the gender of the individual, and iii.) whether or not a beef entrée was ordered. Data were collected from 630 customers and organized in the following contingency tables:

gender

beef entree

1. At the ? = 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference between males and females in the proportion who order dessert?

2. At the ? = 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the proportion who order dessert based on whether a beef entrée was ordered?

The owner of a restaurant that serves Continental-style entrées has the business objective of learning more about the patterns of patron demand during the Friday-to-Sunday weekend time period. She decided to study the i.) demand for dessert during this time period, ii.) the gender of the individual, and iii.) whether or not a beef entrée was ordered. Data were collected from 630 customers and organized in the following contingency tables:

gender

beef entree

1. At the ? = 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference between males and females in the proportion who order dessert?

2. At the ? = 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the proportion who order dessert based on whether a beef entrée was ordered?

The owner of a restaurant that serves Continental-style entrées has the business objective of learning more about the patterns of patron demand during the Friday-to-Sunday weekend time period. She decided to study the i.) demand for dessert during this time period, ii.) the gender of the individual, and iii.) whether or not a beef entrée was ordered. Data were collected from 630 customers and organized in the following contingency tables:

Gender

Beef Entree

1. At the a = 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference between males and females in the proportion who order dessert?

2. At the a = 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the proportion who order dessert based on whether a beef entrée was ordered?