Read the article，“Internet privacy and the ‘right to be forgotten’”, and write an Argument Essay.

You should spend some time planning your ideas, and should include a clear introduction, main body, and conclusion. You must use and integrate content from the article for at least THREE times in your essay to provide support for your ideas and arguments (e.g., reasons, examples, and evidence).

. Avoid patch-writing (500 words)

Task:Write an argument essay on whether Internet users should be given the  

“right to be forgotten” online.

Guidelines: Analyze the arguments in favor and against, and state your own

opinion clearly.

Internet privacy and the “right to be forgotten”

When it comes to privacy, the Internet has long been something of a Wild West but that that is starting to change, with regulators in Europe and the United States beginning to pull in the reins.On both sides of the Atlantic, officials are scrutinizing how companies such as Facebook and Google handle users' personal data, as they draw up plans to protect surfers while ensuring the growth of rapidly expanding social media, search engine and other Web-based businesses.

In the first sign of where Europe may be headed with its privacy regulations, the European Union announced this week that social networking sites and search engines could face court action if they fail to obey new EU data privacy rules.Under proposals to be fleshed out in the coming months and that will update 16-year-old data-protection laws, the European Commission wants to force companies holding data to allow users to withdraw it from websites, calling it the "right to be forgotten."

Companies would also have to provide more information on what data they have collected from people and why."Any company operating in the EU market or any online product that is targeted at EU consumers must comply with EU rules," Viviane Reding, the European commissioner in charge of justice issues, said in a speech this week."To enforce EU law, national privacy watchdogs will be endowed with powers to investigate and engage in legal proceedings against non-EU data controllers," she added.Reding said that EU-based privacy watchdogs should even be given powers to enforce compliance outside Europe, which could include access to U.S.-based servers and other data sources.While privacy campaigners and Internet users may be pleased to hear what Reding has to say, her words will cause concern in parts of the United States, where many of the biggest and most successful search engines and social media companies are based.

Europe and the United States have traditionally differed on privacy issues, with the EU taking a stronger regulatory approach and U.S. officials more mindful of the need to balance entrepreneurship and business demands with data protection.But in recent weeks, as U.S. privacy experts have visited Brussels to try to close the gaps between the two regulatory frameworks, officials have emphasized how closely they are working together to come up with a common set of standards."I think our baseline understanding of the rules is very similar," said Fiona Alexander of the U.S. Department of Commerce, who was in Brussels this month to meet EU regulators. "The implementation in the past may have been different."

The EU and U.S. already agree on some general concepts, such as the idea that privacy safeguards need to be designed into Web products from the start. They also both want to require Web browsers to offer a "do not track" option to users.But differences remain on specifics and philosophy.EU officials are adamant that companies should obtain explicit permission from users before every use of their data -- such as through a pop-up consent box -- while that is not something U.S. regulators are pushing for, EU officials say.

The right to be forgotten is also a concept that goes against the grain for U.S. regulators, who favor a broader definition of freedom of information.In a sign of where Europe is going and how complex applying the law could become, Spanish data protection authorities ordered Google in January to remove links to more than 80 news articles mentioning people by name, saying it violated privacy.The case has been referred to Europe's highest court.

Some companies, such as Microsoft, support the effort by the European Union and the United States to align their policies, saying it will result in clearer, more uniform rules."Companies need solid, clear rules to be able to continue to invest and to be competitive," said John Vassallo, Microsoft's vice president of EU affairs. "Now, there are too many competing rules."

But even within individual EU countries, privacy rules vary so much that lawyers say it would be almost impossible for a multinational company to be compliant in all 27 EU countries.That suggests that Reding and her EU regulatory team will have their work cut out if they are to draw up a clear and workable policy in the months ahead, and one that fits well with the rules U.S. regulators are also drawing up.

You need a new car and the dealer has offered you a price of $20,000, with the following payment options: (a) pay cash and receive a $2000 rebate, or (b) pay a $5000 down payment and finance the rest with a 0% APR loan over 30 months. But having just quit your job and started an MBA program, you are in debt and you expect to be in debt for at least the next 2 1 2 years. You plan to use credit cards to pay your expenses; luckily you have one with a low (fixed) rate of 15% APR (monthly). Which payment option is best for you?

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The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a test required for admission into many Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs. Total scores on the GMAT are normally distributed. The Graduate Management Admission Council, who administers the test, claims that the mean total score is 579. (Source: http://www.mba.com/.) Suppose a random sample of 8 students took the test, and their scores are given below.

699, 560, 414, 570, 521, 663, 727, 413

At the 0.05 level of significance, test the claim that the mean score is less than 579.

Set up the curve with the rejection region and critical value. State conclusion in a sentence.

After earning an MBA, a student begins working on an $80,000 per year job on 9/1/18. She expects to receive a 5 percent raise each year until she retires on 9/1/48. If the cost of capital (i.e. interest rate she uses to discount future earnings to current dollars) is 8% per year and she is paid monthly, determine the total present value of her before tax earnings. Assume she is paid at the end of each month and each annual raise takes effect on Sept 1 each year. (answer is $1,521,144,67) In Excel functions

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Explore the results of each accounting decision round that strategy

How’s your accounting study go by a framework to implement new and innovative systems or practices?

Below are Lebnas Corp.’s 2019 income statement and comparative balance sheet at 12/31/2019 and 12/31/2018.  

Additional information:                                                  

1. On December 31, 2018, Lebnas acquired 25% of Island Co.’s common stock for $609,000. On that date, thecarrying value of Island’s assets and liabilities, which approximated their fair values, was $2,435,000. Islandreported income of $319,000 for the year ended December 31, 2019. No dividend income was received by Lebnas on Island’s common stock during the year 2019.

2. During 2018, Lebnas loaned $797,500 to POI Co., an unrelated company. POI made the first semi-annualprincipal repayment of $72,500, plus interest at 10%, on December 31, 2018. POI is current on the loan as of December 31, 2019.

3. On January 2, 2019, Lebnas sold equipment costing $145,000, with a carrying amount of $44,950 for cash.

4. On December 31, 2019, Lebnas entered into a finance lease for a new factory. The present value of the annual rental payments is $1,232,500, which equals the fair value of the building. Lebnas will make the firstrental payment of $174,000 on 1/2/2020.

Note:  The right of use asset is included in Property, Plant and Equipment on the balance sheet.

5. Depreciation expense of $230,550 is included in Cost of Goods Sold.

6. Lebnas declared and paid cash dividends as follows.

Required: Prepare a statement of cash flows for Lebnas Corp. for the year ended 12/31/2019, using the indirect method and good form, including footnote disclosures.

Net income figures for Flounder Ltd. are as follows: 2016 - $77,800 2017 - $56,500 2018 - $86,400 2019 - $90,600 2020 - $71,600 Future income is expected to continue at the average amount of the past five years. The company’s identifiable net assets are appraised at $468,200 on December 31, 2020. The business is to be acquired by Novak Corp. in early 2021. The normal rate of return on net assets for the industry is 9%. Click here to view the factor table PRESENT VALUE OF 1. Click here to view the factor table PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF 1. What amount should Novak Corp. pay for goodwill, and for Flounder Ltd. as a whole, if goodwill is equal to average excess earnings capitalized at 25%? Novak Corp. pay for goodwill $ Novak Corp. pay for Company $ What amount should Novak Corp. pay for goodwill, and for Flounder Ltd. as a whole, if a perpetual 18% return is expected on any amount paid for goodwill? (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Novak Corp. pay for goodwill $ Novak Corp. pay for Company $ What amount should Novak Corp. pay for goodwill, and for Flounder Ltd. as a whole, if goodwill is equal to five years of excess earnings? (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Novak Corp. pay for goodwill $ Novak Corp. pay for Company $ What amount should Novak Corp. pay for goodwill, and for Flounder Ltd. as a whole, if goodwill is equal to the present value of five years of excess earnings capitalized at 20%? (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Novak Corp. pay for goodwill $ Novak Corp. pay for Company $

On January 1, 2019, Monica Company acquired 80 percent of Young Company’s outstanding common stock for $776,000. The fair value of the noncontrolling interest at the acquisition date was $194,000. Young reported stockholders’ equity accounts on that date as follows: Common stock—$10 par value $ 200,000 Additional paid-in capital 70,000 Retained earnings 490,000 In establishing the acquisition value, Monica appraised Young's assets and ascertained that the accounting records undervalued a building (with a five-year remaining life) by $70,000. Any remaining excess acquisition-date fair value was allocated to a franchise agreement to be amortized over 10 years. During the subsequent years, Young sold Monica inventory at a 30 percent gross profit rate. Monica consistently resold this merchandise in the year of acquisition or in the period immediately following. Transfers for the three years after this business combination was created amounted to the following: Year Transfer Price Inventory Remaining at Year-End (at transfer price) 2019 $ 30,000 $ 18,000 2020 50,000 20,000 2021 60,000 26,000 In addition, Monica sold Young several pieces of fully depreciated equipment on January 1, 2020, for $44,000. The equipment had originally cost Monica $66,000. Young plans to depreciate these assets over a 5-year period. In 2021, Young earns a net income of $220,000 and declares and pays $65,000 in cash dividends. These figures increase the subsidiary's Retained Earnings to a $820,000 balance at the end of 2021. Monica employs the equity method of accounting. Hence, it reports $160,960 investment income for 2021 with an Investment account balance of $940,160. Prepare the worksheet entries required for the consolidation of Monica Company and Young Company.