Firm A is one of the largest airlines in the world and is based in Europe. Firm A sold all its struggling operations that operate in the United States to Airline B for a price much less than industry experts had expected.Despite this lower than expected sales price, Firm A’s stock price sharply increased. The primary explanation for the rise in the stock price was hinted at in the announcement. Firm A indicated they would not rush on spending dollars from the sale on non-value adding projects but were considering share repurchases.

What is your interpretation of this scenario? (explain clearly your interpretation of this scenario and explain what will be the firm A position/impact for that transaction)

Please explain if you agree or disagree

Although technological advances have improved the health care delivery system as a whole, these advancements have been met with challenges such as cost, safety, benefit and Risk. In order to meet these challenges, Federal legislation has aided in addressing these issues in the areas of drugs, devices, and biologics. (Shi &Singh, 2017).  Cultural beliefs and values have played a major role in shaping health care delivery in the United States due to expectations that Americans have on scientists developing cures by way of technology. The reason for this is that Americans equate quality care with the use of advanced technology. (Shi &Singh, 2017)​

A large share of European Research Council funds go to support CERN - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which just returned to operation. Scientists debate the implications of using the LHC, with some individuals suggesting that it will massively improve research productivity for physicists and others arguing that it will destroy mankind ( or atleast a good chunk of Europe) by creating a mini-black hole. Using the Romer Model, explain what effect increased funding for the LHC would have on income in the United States assuming the LHC destroys all of Switzerland. Please clearly list any assumptions you are making within the Romer Model context.

The data set data_ksubs.csv contains information on net financial wealth (nettf a), age of the survey respondent (age), annual family income (inc), family size (fsize), and participation in certain pension plans for people in the United States. The wealth and income variables are both recorded in thousands of dollars. In particular, the variable e401k is equal to 1 is the person is eligible for 401k, a retirement savings plan sponsored by the employer, and 0 otherwise.

a. Create a scatter plot of nettf a against inc. Can you observe any visible correlation between nettf a and inc? Do you think that a regression of nettf a on inc may feature heteroskedasticity? Explain.

In a recent study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that diastolic blood pressures of adult women in the United States are approximately normally distributed with mean 80.3 and standard deviation 10.1. (a) What proportion of women have blood pressures lower than 73? (b) What proportion of women have blood pressures between 74 and 90? (c) A diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 is classified as hypertension (high blood pressure). What proportion of women have hypertension? (d) Is it unusual for a woman to have a blood pressure lower than 66? Round the answers to four decimal places.

We learned about PD-1 and CTLA4 under the topic - costimulation. Feel free to revisit that topic. Now explain (with precise cellular and molecular processes related words) that how anti-PD1 and anti-CTLA4 antibodies are likely to treat cancer.

"In the 1890s, oncologist William Coley began to inject cancer patients who had inoperable tumors with a mixture of killed bacteria. Coley reported success with the approach and “Coley’s toxins” were sold as a cancer therapy in the United States even into the 1960s." This concept became the premise for one of the approaches in modern day immunotherapy. What is the concept underlying Coley's experiments?

Why do minimum wage laws in Italy and Spain result in a greater prevalence of workers being hired in unreported jobs "off the books" than do minimum wage laws in the United States?