A sales manager for a company is concerned about possible differences in the popularity of his product in Western and Eastern Canada. In order to develop a marketing strategy, a survey of possible customers was conducted in each of these regions.

West (x) Sample Size 600, Number who prefer the product 283

East (y) Sample Size 550, Number who prefer the product 218

1. (a) Is the product's popularity different for these two regions? Test at a = 0.05.

2. (b) Estimate the difference in the proportion of people in western and eastern Canada who

   prefer the product using a 95% confidence interval.

What are the ERM requirements in the U.S.?

What are the regulator rules in the US?

What are the sock exchange rules in the US?

Give a well detailed response.

What is the impact of globalization on US manufacturing and service sectors? What are the positive outcomes of globalization? What are the negative impacts in both the US and globally?

State in details the primary contributors to the financial crisis for both the US and Iceland and include the impact of the banking/financial crisis for both the US and Iceland

Alibaba has claimed the record for the largest IPO not only in the US but worldwide as well. What can you tell us about Alibaba?

CORPORATE LAW

OK Sdn Bhd had appointed Razif to audit the company's account. While doing the audit, Razif discovered several invoices that showed signs of having been altered. He also found that some files were missing from the file cabinets in the accounts office. He enquired about it and the company's managing director, Tuan Suhaimi, told him that the company's office was broken into a few weeks before and some files had been stolen. Tuan Suhaimi also informed Razif that the altered invoices were due to some clerical mistakes.

Razif accepted the explanation and without investigating it further, he then prepared a report which was tabled at the company's annual general meeting. It turned out that Tuan Suhaimi had siphoned nearly RM 1.4 million from the company and transferred them to his personal account. Tuan Suhaimi had since migrated to Australia taking the money with him. Mona, who relied on Razif account report has subsequently subscribed and paid for the shares in the company and she suffered losses.

The company and Mona now wish to take action against Razif. Advise Razif.

prepare general journal entries on Dec 31 to record the following unrelated year end adjustments.

a. On October 1, the company received 4 months rent in advance from a tenant whose rent is $650 per month. The $2,000 was credited to the Unearned Rent account.

b.) The prepaid insurance account has a $5,200 debit balance before adjustment. An examination of insurance policies shows $800 of unexpired insurance.

c.) The company collects rent revenue monthly from its tenants. One tenant whose rent is $825 per month has not paid his rent for November and December.

d.) The prepaid Insurance account has a $3,700 debit balance before adjustment. An examination of insurance policies shows $1,050 of insurance expired.

e.) Estimated depreciation on a copy machine for the office for the year is $1,500.

f.) The company has four office employees who each earn $150 per day for a five day work week that ends on Friday. The employees were paid on Friday, Dec 27, and have worked full days on Monday and Tuesday, December 30 and 31

Ryan is a hacker who plans to exploit victims by uploading a malicious webpage in the cloud. He uses a vulnerability to exploit the cloud presence of XYZ Coffee, a legitimate company. From there, he installs a malware that inserts a malicious payload into web pages displayed, social media, and hides his malicious activity from the anti-virus. He then redirects victims to the website, which infects them with malware. In addition, the hacker used anti forensics tools. Users complain to the legitimate company that they are being infected, so the company seeks to fix the problem and investigate the crime. Answer the following questions based on this scenario.

a) Provide a list of potential digital evidence and media that the investigator is going to seize for possible forensic examination in this case study. How would you gain access to this evidence?

b) Explain two acquisition methods that you should use in this situation.

c) Describe significant challenges with cloud forensics, including forensic acquisition and evidence preservation.
d) Explain what "anti-forensics" is, and provide detail on some anti-forensics tactics that could be used in this case study.

e) How should you proceed if the suspect’s computer is running?

1. In California, medical care costs for back injuries are 43 percent higher when part of a workers’ compensation claim than when part of a group medical insurance plan. Critics of workers’ compensation claim that this difference can be attributed to abuse of the system by both injured employees and their physicians. Proponents of workers’ compensation argue that the higher costs indicate exactly the opposite: that is, under workers’ compensation, injured employees are receiving more and better (hence more costly) medical care. They claim that group medical plans are shortchanging employees by allowing insurance companies to make medical decisions. What is your opinion?

2. Following an order from his supervisor, a carpenter working for Jones Construction Company removed all the guardrails from stairwell openings, floor openings, and open-sided stairs. Uncomfortable with this action, the carpenter telephoned his union representative, who, in turn, called OSHA. Jones Construction Company was fined $15,000 for willful violations. Jones Construction Company, in turn, fired the carpenter. Was the firing lawful (under OSHA standards)? Was the action of the carpenter appropriate (under OSHA standards)?

1- How do business owners create legal entities? Is the process the same for all entities? If not, what are the differences?
2- What is an operating agreement for an LLC? Are operating agreements required for limited liability companies? If not, why might it be important to have one?
3- How do corporations protect shareholders from liability? If you formed a small corporation, would you be able to avoid repaying a bank loan from your community bank if the corporation went bankrupt? Explain.
4- What types of business entities the U.S tax system recognize?
5- Who pays the first level of tax a C corporation’s income? What is the tax rate applicable to the first level of tax?
6- Who pays the second level of tax on a C Corporation’s income? What is the tax rate applicable to the second level of tax and when is it levied?
7- Is it possible for the overall tax rate on corporate taxable income to be lower than the tax rate on flow through entity taxable income? If so, under what conditions would you expect the overall corporate tax rate to be lower?
8- Assume congress increases individual tax rates on ordinary income while leaving all other tax rates unchanged. How would this change affect the overall tax rate on corporate taxable income? How would this change affect overall tax rates for owners of flow through entities?
9- Evaluate the following statement “ when dividends and long-term capital gains are taxed at the same rate, the overall tax rate on corporate income is the same whether the corporation distributes its after tax earnings as a dividend or whether it reinvests the after tax earnings to increase the value of the corporation.
10- If XYZ Corporation is a shareholder of BCD Corporation, how many levels of tax is BCD’s before income potentially subject to? Has congress provided any tax relief for this result? Explain.