In: Economics
As the global pandemic has not slowed with its spread, many business owners and individuals have considered filing bankruptcy. As part of the health and safety measures, courtrooms have been closed to slow or deter the spread of the virus. A small business owner and her business partner have decided to file bankruptcy as the pandemic has slowed business over the past three months laving uncertain of future business.
•Should debtors with older vehicles be allowed to take an additional deduction for operating expenses? Explain.
In: Economics
On May 1, the share price of Company Monash is $60 and its December futures price is $54.7. On July 1 the share price is changed to $64 and its December futures price is changed to $64. An investor entered into futures contracts on May 1 to hedge his/her purchase of the share of Company Monash on July 1. The investor closed out his/her position on July 1. What is the effective price (after taking account of hedging) paid by the investor?
In: Finance
P6. 3 A 140 -seat dining room had a weekly customer count by meal period and day:
Lunch Dinner
Sunday Closed 180
Monday 160 110
Tuesday 170 112
Wednesday 175 108
Thursday 160 120
Friday 180 210
Saturday 50 250
a. For each meal period and for each day of the week calculate the seat turnover
b. Calculate the average number of customers per day and the average seat turnover for the week for each meal period.
In: Accounting
Provide a brief description/explanation about any of the 3 questions:
g) Metazoa vs. Eumetazoa
h) Problems with coral reefs today
i) Largest phylum in the clade Lophotroco
j) The largest phylum within the clade Ecdysozoa; the largest class within that.
k) The largest phylum within the clade Ecdysozoa; the largest class within that.
l) Open vs. closed circulatory systems; note several examples for each.
m) 2 major phyla within the clade Deuterostoma
In: Biology
XYZ has received a firm commitment from its underwriter to purchase 1.5 million shares of stock that will be marketed to the general public at $60 per share. The underwriter's spread is $3.00 per share and the issuing firm will pay an additional $2million in legal and other fees. The issue was fully sold on the first day and the stock closed at $80.00 on that day. Calculate both the direct expense of issuance and the indirect (i.e., underpricing) expense. What percentage of the market value of the shares is represented by these costs?
In: Finance
In: Biology
Consider the transfer function G(s) = 1/[(s+1)^2(s+2)]. We use a PI compensator C(s)=(as+b)/s and close the feedback loop.
1.) Find out the entire range of a and b at which the closed-loop is stable and show it on the plane with a and b axes.
2.) At the border of instability, find the frequency of oscillations in terms of a.
3.) For what value of a, do we get the largest range of b for stability? What is this largest range?
In: Electrical Engineering
A company reported Net Income of $1,000,000 for 2015 and $1,000,000 for 2016. After the books have been closed for 2017, it was discovered that the ending inventory for 2015 was overstated by $20,000. Tell the effect that the error had on each of the following:
a. Cost of Goods Sold for 2015 as originally reported
b. Net Income for 2015 as originally reported
c. Cost of Goods Sold for 2016 as originally reported
d. Net Income for 2016 as originally reported
e. Retained Earnings as of the end of 2016
In: Accounting
Answer the following questions pertaining to the movie "Office Space".
What type of communication network do we see in the film? (Decentralized or centralized) Why?
Provide an example from the film of upward, downward and Horizontal flows.
What type of communication style do we see with people outside the organization? (Open, Closed, or Random) Why?
Have you ever had a supervisor like Lumberg? What things about his management style did you not like?
In: Psychology