Does the act of state doctrine bar Robco from seeking to enforce the contract? Explain.
Robco, Inc., was a Florida arms dealer. The armed forces of Honduras contracted to purchase weapons from Robco over a six-year period. After the government was replaced and a democracy installed, the Honduran government sought to reduce the size of its military, and its relationship with Robco deteriorated. Honduras refused to honor the contract and purchase the inventory of arms, which Robco could sell only at a much lower price. Robco filed a suit in a federal district court in the United States to recover damages for this breach of contract by the government of Honduras. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the above question.
In: Other
Question 2: On August 21, 2017, the Sun was at a distance of ~1.0115 AU from Earth, and most of the continental United States experienced a solar eclipse.
a) Calculate the angular size of the Sun as seen from Earth on that date.
b) Given that the Moon's angular size varies over the course of its orbit as given by the plots you created for Question 1, over approximately what fraction of the Moon's orbit does it appear to be large enough to create a total eclipse if the Sun were always the apparent size it was on August 21?
c) Without doing a detailed calculation, can you come up with a rough estimate for how frequently we should expect solar eclipses to be annular vs. total?
In: Physics
Analyze the purpose of Article 25 of the 1948 UDHR and the Constitution of the WHO.
In your opinion, do these two positive laws contradict the no-duty principle in the United States? Why or why not?
The term "the right to make informed health care decisions" is an important health care right of patients that have the right to make informed decisions about the direction of their care, including refusing treatment. Give your views on this statement and support your answer using relevant references.
Compare and contrast the terms "the right to make informed health care decisions" and "the right to health."
In your opinion on life or death situations, do you think individuals should be allowed to refuse treatment? Why or why not?
In: Nursing
Leading Businesses The following data show the yearly budgets for leading business sectors in the United States. At α = 0.05, is there a significant difference in the mean budgets of the business sectors? The data are in thousands of dollars.Use the traditional method of hypothesis testing unless otherwise specified.
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value.
c. Compute the test value.
d. Make the decision.
e. Summarize the results.
|
Beverages |
Electronics |
Food producers |
Supportive services |
|
170 |
46 |
59 |
56 |
|
128 |
24 |
58 |
37 |
|
19 |
18 |
33 |
19 |
|
16 |
14 |
31 |
19 |
|
12 |
13 |
28 |
17 |
|
11 |
12 |
22 |
15 |
|
10 |
10 |
16 |
15 |
In: Statistics and Probability
Regional economic integration is an attempt to achieve economic gains from the free flow of trade and investments between neighboring countries.
Please read the Focus on Managerial Implications (page 274 in 8th edition) in your textbook and answer the following questions using NAFTA as an example:
1. What opportunities for businesses are created by regional economic integration?
2. What are the threats to businesses that might arise from regional economic integration?
3. How do you evaluate NAFTA? What are the pros and cons of NAFTA? Is the United States a winner or a loser in this trade agreement?
Please use the following before you answer your questions. Feel free to use other sources and cite your references.
In: Economics
Freeflight Airlines is presently operating at 70 percent of capacity. Management of the airline is considering dropping Freeflight's routes between Europe and the United States. If these routes are dropped, the revenue associated with the routes would be lost and the related variable costs saved. In addition, the company's total fixed costs would be reduced by 20 percent. Segmented income statements for a typical month appear as follows (all amounts in millions of dollars): Routes Within U.S. Within Europe Between U.S. and Europe Sales $ 3.31 $ 2.81 $ 2.86 Variable costs 1.28 0.99 1.79 Fixed costs allocated to routes 1.69 1.24 1.34 Operating profit (loss) $ 0.34 $ 0.58 $ (0.27 ) Required: a. Prepare a differential cost schedule.
In: Accounting
Which of the following statement is incorrect? Select one:
a. Calvin Klein, Liz Claiborne, The Gap, and other garment industry companies that manufacture clothing outside of the United States to control labor costs must balance the moral issues of human rights against their obligations to stockholders.
b. Psychological and political factors also affect exchange rates.
c. Most of the answers are correct.
d. When the U.S. dollar strengthens against the Mexican peso, U.S. importers of Mexican goods will require more dollars to purchase Mexican goods that are sold in pesos.
e. The risk that a multinational corporation faces due to fluctuating exchange rates can be managed by using forward contracts, futures contracts, and currency swaps.
In: Finance
This week, your Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction textbook refers to the National Electrical Code (NEC), or NFPA 70, the set of specifications and standards for installing electrical wiring and equipment in the United States. Similarly, the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC), or CE Code, defines the requirements for electrical installation in Canada.
For this week’s Discussion, you will focus on the inspection requirements for electrical systems used in commercial buildings in your community. Begin by researching the electrical inspection requirements for commercial buildings in your locale.
In your response, describe the regulations that inspection agencies in your community have put in place for commercial buildings. How do these regulations differ across various electrical systems?
In: Electrical Engineering
Europeans have been more skeptical than Americans about the use
of genetic engineering to improve foods. A sample survey gathered
responses from random samples of 826 Americans and 12321 Europeans.
(The European sample was larger because Europe is divided into many
nations.) Subjects were asked to consider the following
issue:
Using modern biotechnology in the production of foods, for
example to make them higher in protein, keep longer, or change in
taste.
They were asked if they considered this "risky for society." In
all, 445 of Americans and 7818 of Europeans thought the application
was risky.
Give a 98% confidence interval for the percent difference (±0.1)
between Europe (call them group 1) and the United States:
± %.
In: Statistics and Probability
In an attempt to reduce the extraordinarily long travel times for voyaging to distant stars, some people have suggested traveling at close to the speed of light. Suppose you wish to visit the red giant star Betelgeuse, which is 430 ly away, and that you want your 20,000 kg rocket to move so fast that you age only 22 years during the round trip.
1.How fast (v) must the rocket travel relative to earth?
2. How much energy is needed to accelerate the rocket to this speed?
3. How many times larger is this energy than the total energy used by the United States in the year 2000, which was roughly 1.0×1020J?
In: Physics