Find a grocery product that is being featured as being new and answer the following questions. Please number from 1 to 10 at the beginning of each of your answers. For example, 1. The product’s name is Mr. Ted’s brand Soda Crackers.  Those not numbered will not be counted.

Note: To aid in finding a new product: Look for displays, shelf signage, the word NEW on the package, or recall a recent advertisement about the new product. Do NOT submit a product that has been on the market for a significant time period and widely adopted – as it will not be graded. (Brand extensions are fine.)

Once you've selected a new product, answer the following questions. Please write in paragraph form and use the question in the topic sentence of each paragraph.

1. What is the complete product name and who is the manufacturer?
2. Using marketing terminology, what type of consumer product is it? (See the information in this week's Commentary & Readings. Do not say it is a cookie, cracker, etc.)
3. Describe how this product fits into its manufacturer’s product mix. (Check out the section in the text on this.)
4. Describe its logo and/or trademark.
5. Who do you think is the target market? How can you tell?
6. Is it co-branded? Is it a brand extension of an existing product?
7. What other products is it competing with?
8. How is it priced in relation to its competitor products?
9. How is it promoted? (Examine the package and shelf display. Have you seen any advertisements or public relations?)
10. Do you believe it will be a success or a failure? Why?

1. Robert Campbell and Carol Morris are senior vice-presidents of the Mutual of Chicago Insurance Company. They are co-directors of the company’s pension fund management division. A major new client has requested that Mutual of Chicago present an investment seminar to illustrate the stock valuation process. As a result, Campbell and Morris have asked you to analyze the Bon Temps Company, an employment agency that supplies word processor operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporarily heavy workloads. You are to answer the following questions.

1. What happens if the growth is constant, and g > r_s? Will many stocks have g > r_s?
2. Assume that Bon Temps’ earnings and dividends are expected to decline by a constant 4% per year—that is, g = -4%. Why might someone be willing to buy such a stock, and at what price should it sell? What would be the dividend yield and capital gains yield in each year? Assume that the required rate of return is 16%. The dividend paid yesterday was $2.00.
3. Assume that Bon Temps is expected to experience supernormal growth of 25% for the next 4 years, then to return to its long-run constant growth rate of 8%. What is the stock’s value under these conditions? What are its expected dividend yield and its capital gains yield in Year 1? In Year 6? Assume that the required rate of return is 16%. The dividend paid yesterday was $2.00.

1. Find Apple Inc.'s 10-K filings that will give you their financial data for the past 5 years. Note: you could find it on Apple, Inc.'s investor relations' website: http://investor.apple.com/financials.cfm or in EDGAR. 2. Create a spreadsheet where you will enter the 5-year data from the report (from page 24 of Apple's 2015 10-K report). 3. In your spreadsheet, build a similar set-up with the column in the left showing all the lines, e.g. from Net Sales down to Total Shareholder's Equity. 4. Then create columns for the 5 years of historical data (2013) to (2017) - you will note that their fiscal year ends in September. 5. Using this year-by-year historical data, calculate your 3, 5, and 10-year forecasts for each of the rows (i.e. Net Sales, etc., down to Total Shareholder's Equity). You can choose which forecasting method you want to use. 6. After you have completed your forecast, in a Word document, state the type of forecasting method you chose and why. Then write a brief statement as to why Apple's Board of Directors should be confident in these forecasts (for the 3, 5, and 10 years). Remember that hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. Only one page is necessary for this written statement

A certain virus infects 10 in every 1000 people.  

A test used to detect the virus in a person is positive 80% of the time when the person has the virus (20% false negative), and 5% of the time when the person does not have the virus (5% false positive).

That is 20% of of the time when the test should be positive but didn't, and 5% of the time the test indicated positive and shouldn't.

1) Out of all people who tested positive, what portion is really infected? In other word, if a person is tested positive, what is the probability that the person is infected by the virus?

2) If the infection rate for the population is 50 in every 1000 people, then when a person is tested positive what is the probability that the person is really infected by the virus?  

3) If we are able to improve the accuracy, the false negative rate was reduced to 10% and the false positive rate was reduced to 3%. And the population infection rate remains at 10 in 1000 people. Under this scenario, if a person is tested positive what is the probability that the person is really infected by the virus?

4) Use your answer from part 1) as the baseline, compare your answers from 2) and 3) with the baseline. How did the probability change (increase or decrease) when the population infection rate increased from 10 in 1000 to 50 in 1000? How did the probability change (increase or decrease) when the test accuracy was improved?

Water is an essential element of life on earth. A human being can survive for only about one week without water. As the global population expands and increasing industrialization creates ever-growing demands for water, supply of this vital commodity has become endangered. Just as water, clean air is an essential element for the survival of life on earth. Air that is polluted can endanger our health and cause damage to trees, wildlife, and property.

Using the Internet, research on the topic, "Various Health Hazards Caused by Water and Air Pollution.

"Based on your understanding, create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to the following questions:

What are the hazardous substances that may be found in drinking water and what are their impacts on our health?

Describe how water is made safe for human consumption.

Epidemiologic analyses have demonstrated a correlation between an increase in total daily mortality and an increase in air pollution. Provide examples to explain how historically significant fatal air pollution episodes (that were characterized by extreme increases in air pollution) lead to increase in mortality.

Describe how greenhouse gases contribute to the greenhouse effect.

Explain the term "global warming" and present arguments in favor of and against the proposition that global warming has occurred during the past century. What environmental outcomes have been attributed to global warming?

Care super insurance company has 150 computers that are networked together. It also has four servers and uses a star topology wired network to reach employees' offices, with a bus interconnecting four floors in its office building. Because of a staggering influx of Internet business, the network administrator's task is to boost network performance and availability as much as possible. The company also wants a network design that's easy to reconfigure and change because workgroups form and disband frequently and their membership changes regularly. All computers must share sensitive data and control access to customer files and databases. Aside from customer information and billing databases, which run on all servers, employees' desktop computers must run standard word-processing and spreadsheet programs. Use the following write-on lines to evaluate the requirements for this network. After you finish, determine the best network topology or topology combination for the company. On a blank piece of paper, sketch the network design you think best suits company needs. Remember: High performance and easy reconfiguration are your primary design goals! a. Design a Network topology for the given scenario. b. Will the network be peer-to-peer or server based? Justify your answer. c. Analyse business goals for this network. d. Analyse business priorities for this network. e. Investigate business constraints for this network.

Assignment 1
Instructions
A. You have 2500 words to utilize
B. No more than 10% above the maximum nor 10% below the maximum word count
C. Use the Harvard referencing system
D. The deadline in the 20/09/2018 NO EXTENSIONS AVAILABLE
E. Submissions are to be made via the portal and no email submissions will be accepted
The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. It performs five general
functions to promote the effective operation of the U.S. economy and, more generally, the public
interest. The Federal Reserve
• conducts the nation’s monetary policy to promote maximum employment, stable prices, and
moderate long-term interest rates in the U.S. economy;
• promotes the stability of the financial system and seeks to minimize and contain systemic
risks through active monitoring and engagement in the U.S. and abroad.
Similarly our central bank BOZ is the equivalent of the FED. The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) is the
Central Bank of the Republic of Zambia and derives its functions and powers from the Bank of
Zambia Act, no,43 of 1996 and the Banking and Financial Services Act, Chapter 387 of the Laws of
Zambia. The Mission Statement of the Bank is to achieve and maintain price and financial system
stability to foster sustainable economic development.
As you can see both appear to be on the same track, critically assess the two banks by carrying out
an in-depth evaluation of their functions and highlight areas of improvement thats could be
recommended to both.

3. According to the Center for Disease Control, 15.2% of adult Americans experience migraine headaches. Stress is a major contributor to the frequency and intensity of headaches. A massage therapist believes that she has a technique that can reduce the frequency and intensity of migraine headaches. The following hypotheses are used to test the effectiveness of the massage therapist’s claim.

Ho: The true proportion of adults who experience migraine headaches after massage therapy is 0.152.

HA: The true proportion of adults who experience migraine headaches after massage therapy is less than 0.152 A.

Describe Type 1 error in the context of this situation. (4 points)

We conclude that proportion of adults who experience migraines after therapy is less than 0.152 when it is not less than 0.152. (We think the therapy is helping but it really is not).

1 pt correct conclusion – “concludes proportion has decreased” 1 pt correct truth – “proportion has not decreased” 2 pts – context for both conclusion and truth Deductions: deduct 1 point if the word proportion is not used

From my understanding a type 1 error is when p > ? and we fail to reject the null hypothesis. Following this mindest Ho cannot be reject. So why is the answer less than 0.152 when it is not less than 0.152? I thought it would be the proportion equals .152 cannot be rejected.

The Lawnpoke Golf Association (LGA) has established rules that manufacturers of golf equipment must meet for their products to be acceptable for LGA events. BatOutaHell Balls uses a proprietary process to produce balls with a mean distances of 295 yards. BatOutaHell is considered that if the mean distance falls below 295 yards, the word will get out and sales will sag. Further, if the mean distance exceeds 295 yards, their balls may be rejected by LGA. Measurements of the distances are recorded in DATA. At a = 0.05, test the no action hypothesis that the balls have a mean distance of 295 yards.

DATA

Please choose one of the following options:

A) Test statistic is 1.297 and the critical value is 1.734, therefore the test statistics is less than the critical value and the null hypothesis is not rejected. The distance is about 295 yards.

B) The test statistic of 1.908 is greater than the critical value of 1.734, therefore H0 is rejected. It is reasonable to assume that the distance is not 295 yards.

C) The test statistic is 3.003 and the critical value is 1.734, therefore the test statistic is greater than the critical value of 1.734 and the null hypothesis is rejected. The distance is not 295 yards.

D) The test statistic of 2.238 is greater than the critical value of 1.734, therefore H) is rejected. It is reasonable to assume that the distance is not 295 yards.