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PYTHON PROGRAM Buzz Lightyear is teaching his friends about money. At the moment, they are using...

PYTHON PROGRAM

Buzz Lightyear is teaching his friends about money. At the moment, they are using fictional $ 5, 10, and 20 Monopoly game bills. Buzz hands out the bills to his friends so that they each have the same amount of money. Then he moves the bills from one friend's pile and puts it on another's pile. Next, the toys have to figure out which one has more money and which one has less.
Sometimes Buzz doesn't move a bill so everyone has exactly the same amount of money; toys should know when this happens.

Input Format:
The first line of each scenario consists of a positive integer, N, which represents the number of toys (2 <N <= 100). Each of the next N lines contains the data for a toy. The lines contain four items, the name of the toy (a single series of 2-10 letters, lowercase except the first) followed by the number of $ 5, 10, and 20 bills (in that order) assigned to that toy. The elements are separated by single spaces. The input ends in a scenario where N equals -1. This scenario should not be processed.

Constraints:
toys (2 <N <= 100)

Output Format:
The output consists of one line for each scenario. It will be in one of the following two formats:

X has more money, Z has less money.
They all have the same amount.
X and Z are names of toys.

In: Computer Science

EXCEL VBA ABC company gives discount as follows: Purchase > $400                                

EXCEL VBA

  1. ABC company gives discount as follows:
    Purchase > $400                                                                     Discount rate = 5%
    Purchase between $300 and $400                                          Discount rate = 4%
    Purchase >= $100 and < $300                                              Discount rate = 2%
    Purchase < 100                                                                       No discount
    Purchase = Price * Quantity
    Discount = Purchase * Discount rate                                    
    Net Purchase = Purchase – Discount

Total Net Purchase is the running total of Net Purchases

Create a user interface form as shown below. Use text boxes to input price and quantity. Use labels to display the discount, net purchase (purchase amount after discount) and total net purchases. Click calculate button to calculate and display discount, net purchase, and total net purchases; click clear button to clear values from the text boxes and labels, except total net purchases; send the focus to the price text box.
Click exit button to end the application.

  1. Create a sub procedure in a module to calculate:
    a) the sum of even integers from 4 to 12 using DO WHILE. Display the sum in the message box. Name the sub procedure as Q2a.
    b) the sum of odd integers from 5 to 9 using FOR NEXT. Display the sum in message box. Name the sub procedure as Q2b.
  2. Create a sub procedure named as Question3 in a module to calculate the value and total value of items using a Do/while Loop. Value = Price * Quantity. Total value is the running total of values. Use INPUTBOX function to get the price and quantity. Display the value in the message box. Display total value in the message box after exiting the loop. Loop is entered by inputting “Y” at the prompt “Do you wish to continue?” and exited by entering “N” at the prompt “Do you wish to continue?”
  3. Create a sub procedure named as Question4 in a module to find the capital. Use INPUTBOX function to get the state and message box function to display the capital.

State                Capital

MN                   St.Paul

WI                   Madison

TX                   Austin

In: Computer Science

1.A stock is currently trading for $35. The company has a price–earnings multiple of 10. There...

1.A stock is currently trading for $35. The company has a price–earnings multiple of 10. There are 100 million shares outstanding. Your model indicates that the stock is actually worth $40. The company announces that it will use $340 million to repurchase shares.

  1. After the repurchase, what is the value of the stock, according to your model? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

    $  

  2. After the repurchase, what is the actual price–earnings multiple of the stock? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

  3. If the company had used the $340 million to pay a cash dividend instead of doing a repurchase, how would the value of the stock have changed, according to your model? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

    The market value of the stock is now $   .

2.A stock is currently trading for $33. The company has a price–earnings multiple of 10. There are 100 million shares outstanding. Your model indicates that the stock is actually worth $28. The company announces that it will use $350 million to repurchase shares.

  1. After the repurchase, what is the value of the stock, according to your model? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

    $  

  2. After the repurchase, what is the actual price–earnings multiple of the stock? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

  3. If the company had used the $350 million to pay a cash dividend instead of doing a repurchase, how would the value of the stock have changed, according to your model? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

    The market value of the stock is now $   .

  4. If the company had used the $350 million to pay a cash dividend instead of doing a repurchase, what would be the actual price–earnings multiple after the dividend? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

In: Finance

Mylan Headquarters, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania It’s 2012 and Mylan, the company behind the EpiPen Auto-Injector, is in...


Mylan Headquarters, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
It’s 2012 and Mylan, the company behind the EpiPen Auto-Injector, is in the middle of a lawsuit. To settle, they agree to allow a generic competitor into the market in 2015, knowing this will cut into a big part of their business when the time comes. EpiPen is an epinephrine auto-injector used to treat emergency allergy reactions. EpiPen has been on the market since the 1980s but remains under patent because of the device, particularly the safety cap for the needle, not the active ingredient, epinephrine. Epinephrine is a hormone made by the body known as adrenaline and was first isolated more than 100 years ago. In the years leading up the 2012, Mylan had already been increasing the prices of EpiPen steadily. In 2007, the cost was around $100 for an EpiPen twopack; by 2011, $165. After the settlement, Mylan used a common practice in big pharmaceutical companies of sharply increasing the price of a medication in the years before a generic becomes available. It is a final attempt to make big profits off the brand-name drug before losing business to the generic. Drug manufacturers justify the high prices saying they cover the cost of years of research and development that went into creating the drug originally. Now it’s 2016, and Mylan is charging around $600 for an EpiPen two-pack. However, Teva, the expected generic, was rejected by the Food and Drug Administration, and Auvi-Q, EpiPen’s nongeneric competition, was pulled from the marked due to dosing problems. EpiPen now has a monopoly on the market for this lifesaving drug, and people are outraged by the price. With no alternatives available, customers and politicians alike are demanding answers and change. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote in a letter to Mylan CEO Heather Bresch, “I am concerned that the substantial price increase could limit access to a much needed medication.” Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton’s campaign spokesman Tyrone Gayle called for price cuts saying, “Since there is no apparent justification for the price increase, Mylan should immediately lower the overall price of EpiPens.” People suffering from life-threatening allergies won’t be the only ones affected by the price increase. Public schools and government institutions are among EpiPen customers because the medication is used for emergency treatment of allergic reactions. Bresch said she is as frustrated by the price increase as customers, saying “everyone should be frustrated.” She said the price reflects a system where intermediaries such as wholesalers, retailers, and pharmacies all add to the ultimate list price of the medication. The system also requires customers to pay insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs for prescriptions medications. “The patient is paying twice,” Bresch said. “They’re paying full retail price at the counter, and they’re paying higher premiums on their insurance. It was never intended that a consumer, that the patients would be paying list price, never. The system wasn’t built for that.” In response to backlash from the high prices, Mylan announced plans to expand its co-pay assistance programs, double eligibility for its patient assistance program to 400% of the federal poverty level, continue to offer the EpiPen4Schools program, and open pathways so patients can order EpiPen directly from the company, thereby reducing the cost. EpiPen4Schools was launched in 2012 and has provided more than 700,000 free EpiPens to more than 65,000 schools nationwide. Representative Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) was not impressed by Mylan’s announcement. “Offering a meager discount only after widespread bipartisan criticism is exactly the same tactic used by drug companies across the industry to distract from their exorbitant price increases,” Cummings said. “Nobody is buying this PR move anymore. Mylan should not offer after-the-fact discounts only for a select few — it should reverse its massive price increases across the board immediately.” After continued criticism, Bresch reiterated that price is only part of the problem. “All involved must also take steps to help meaningfully address the U.S. health care crisis,” she said, “and we are committed to do our part to drive change in collaboration with policymakers, payors, patients, and health care professionals.”
1. Customers are no longer quietly tolerating increases to the price of their medications as they await lower-cost and generic solutions. As additional Mylan products begin to face competition from generics, solutions will have to be found to make up for loss of future revenue. Is raising medication prices the model to use in the future? What other solutions are available?
2. The company will have to adapt to survive as more competitors enter the market. What benefits would there be to a change in organizational structure or process? Should departmentalization be considered for Mylan? If so, what type of departmentalization?
3. As problems arise and solutions are pondered, who has the authority to make the ultimate decision? What is the best chain of command when big pronouncements have to be made? If you were CEO at Mylan, what would you do?

In: Economics

(TCO 5) You have been accepted into a prestigious private university in Illinois for your doctoral...

(TCO 5) You have been accepted into a prestigious private university in Illinois for your doctoral program. Congratulations! Since no one from this school has ever graduated in only 4 years, you anticipate that you will need to make 11 semi-annual tuition payments of $35,000 each with the first cash flow 6 months from today. If you choose to discount these cash flows at an annual rate of 8%, what is the present value cost of tuition to attend your university of choice? (TCO 5) You are about to purchase a new car from a dealer who has a new and unusual payment plan. You have the choice to pay $29,000 cash today or $32,000 in 4 years. If you have the opportunity to borrow the cash price value of the car at a rate of 3.0% and repay the loan in a lump sum in 4 years, which option should you take and why? (TCO 5) Which choice has a greater present value if we assume a required rate of return of 8%? (1) A lump-sum cash flow today of $248.69 (2) $100 cash flows occurring 1, 2, and 3 years from today (3) A single cash flow of $331 3 years from today

In: Accounting

D. Now, provide short answers to the following questions. (10 marks) i. At first patents might...

D. Now, provide short answers to the following questions.
i. At first patents might seem like a deterrent to growth because in effect they restrict the use of new technology. Yet many economists believe that patents generate growth. Explain why.
ii. Some economists argue that it is possible to raise the standard of living by reducing population growth. As an economist interested in incentives rather than coercion, what kind of policy would you recommend to slow population growth?

C. Now, provide short answers to the following questions.
i. Between 1929 and 1933, NNP measured in current prices fell from $96 billion to $48 billion. Over the same period, the relevant price index fell from 100 to 75. What was the percentage decline in nominal NNP from 1929 to1933? What was the percentage decline in real NNP from 1929 to 1933? Show your work.
ii. You find that your paycheck for the year is higher this year than last. Does that mean that your real income has increased? Explain carefully.
iii. U.S. real GDP is substantially higher today than it was 60 years ago. What does this tell us, and what does it not tell us, about the well-being of U.S. residents?

In: Economics

1. Financial institutions in the U.S. economy Suppose Paolo would like to invest $2,000 of his...

1. Financial institutions in the U.S. economy

Suppose Paolo would like to invest $2,000 of his savings.

One way of investing is to purchase stock or bonds from a private company.

Suppose TouchTech, a hand-held computing firm, is selling stocks to raise money for a new lab—a practice known as _____ (equity or debt) finance. Buying a share of TouchTech stock would give Paolo _________ (a claim to partial ownership in/ an IOU, or promise to pay, from) the firm. In the event that TouchTech runs into financial difficulty, _______ (The bondholders/ Paolo and other stockholders) will be paid first.

Suppose Paolo decides to buy 100 shares of TouchTech stock.

Which of the following statements are correct? Check all that apply.

The price of his shares will rise if TouchTech issues additional shares of stock.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an example of a stock exchange where he can purchase TouchTech stock.

Expectations of a recession that will reduce economy-wide corporate profits will likely cause the value of Paolo's shares to decline.

Alternatively, Paolo could invest by purchasing bonds issued by the U.S. government.

Assuming that everything else is equal, a corporate bond issued by an electronics manufacturer most likely pays a ____ (lower/higher) interest rate than a municipal bond issued by a state.

In: Economics

1. Financial institutions in the U.S. economy Suppose Rajiv would like to invest $4,000 of his...

1. Financial institutions in the U.S. economy

Suppose Rajiv would like to invest $4,000 of his savings.

One way of investing is to purchase stock or bonds from a private company.

Suppose RoboTroid, a robotics firm, is selling stocks to raise money for a new lab—a practice known as (equity/debt) finance. Buying a share of RoboTroid stock would give Rajiv ( an IOU, or promise to pay,from/a claim to partial ownership in)   the firm. In the event that RoboTroid runs into financial difficulty,( Rajiv and the other stockholders/the bondholders) will be paid first.

Suppose Rajiv decides to buy 100 shares of RoboTroid stock.

Which of the following statements are correct? Check all that apply.

1.The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an example of a stock exchange where he can purchase RoboTroid stock.

2.Expectations of a recession that will reduce economy-wide corporate profits will likely cause the value of Rajiv's shares to decline.

3.The price of his shares will rise if RoboTroid issues additional shares of stock.

Alternatively, Rajiv could invest by purchasing bonds issued by the government of Japan.

Assuming that everything else is equal, a bond issued by the government of Japan most likely pays a (higher/lower)    interest rate than a bond issued by a government that is engaged in a civil war.

In: Economics

1. Alpha Ltd has appointed you as a manager in the budgeting department. The company has...

1. Alpha Ltd has appointed you as a manager in the budgeting department. The company has provided the following information to prepare a cash flow budget for the six months from the 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021.

  1. Alpha Ltd produces only one type of product and the projected selling price of the product is £2 for January and February and after that will be fixed at £3 for the foreseeable future.    
  2. For the first three months of the year, 2,000 units will be sold per month. For the following three months, 2,500 units will be sold per month. Sales income is to be received in the month of sale.
  3. Insurance costs are £200 every two months. The company will pay for insurance on 1 December 2020.
  4. The company is paying 20% of sales of each month as bonus to the employees in the following month. The total sales during December 2020 will be £5,000.
  5. Alpha Ltd will pay overhead costs of £2,000 each month.
  6. The opening cash balance at 1 January 2021 will be £1,000.
  7. The monthly cost of direct material and direct labour is estimated to be £500 and the company will pay them during each month.
  8. Fixed costs of production are £100 per month, payable in the month.

1. Prepare a cash flow budget for the period 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021 and indicate the closing balance as at 30 June 2021.

In: Accounting

Bramble Corp. was organized on January 1, 2019. It is authorized to issue 13,000 shares of...

Bramble Corp. was organized on January 1, 2019. It is authorized to issue 13,000 shares of 8%, $100 par value preferred stock, and 526,000 shares of no-par common stock with a stated value of $3 per share. The following stock transactions were completed during the first year:

Jan. 10 Issued 84,500 shares of common stock for cash at $6 per share.
Mar. 1 Issued 5,150 shares of preferred stock for cash at $105 per share.
Apr. 1 Issued 24,000 shares of common stock for land. The asking price of the land was $91,000. The fair value of the land was $80,500.
May 1 Issued 83,500 shares of common stock for cash at $4.75 per share.
Aug. 1 Issued 11,000 shares of common stock to attorneys in payment of their bill of $38,500 for services performed in helping the company organize.
Sept. 1 Issued 12,000 shares of common stock for cash at $7 per share.
Nov. 1

Issued 2,000 shares of preferred stock for cash at $109 per share.

Post to the stockholders’ equity accounts. (Post entries in the order of journal entries presented in the previous part.)

Preferred Stock

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value-Preferred Stock

Common Stock

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Stated Value-Common Stock

In: Accounting