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Describe an event (be specific) that you think might affect a small business. Predict and describe the possible risks. Explain how you’d deal with these risks if you were a small business owner.

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Discussion daily forum almost last two questions

Question 1:Let’s think about how we can compete with incumbents and big players in the market.

Post three suggestions on how small businesses can stand out and compete with big players with the help of sales and marketing. Use at least one citation of an appropriate resource. And the second question is as follows:Let’s talk about possible events that can affect small businesses in the near future.

In your post, describe an event (be specific) that you think might affect a small business. Predict and describe the possible risks. Explain how you’d deal with these risks if you were a small business owner.

 

Use the online platform Medium to create a multimedia composition with 500-600 words of text. Evaluate a fake news story that has circulated widely on the Internet.

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ENC1102: COMPOSITION II 818

Assignment Details:
For this assignment, you will use the online platform Medium to create a multimedia composition with 500-600 words of text. Your Medium composition will evaluate a fake news story that has circulated widely on the Internet. You can find these stories by reading some posts on your own Face book page, or you can look at some of the fake news websites for ideas. Wikipedia has a good chart showing some of the most common sites to send out fake news. You can also visit Snopes for links to some of the fake news articles they have researched.

Wikipedia Fake News Websites Snopes – links to fake news articles Steps

1. Find a fake news story that you would like to research.

2. Google the topic and see what information you can find from some of the fact checking websites.

3. Focus on the image(s) and see if you can find where and when these were first published online.

4. Carefully examine the claim that is being made. If the claim is false, refute it with expert opinion.

5. Take notes on the above materials and begin drafting your essay.

 

Describe one of the logical fallacies that you noticed in the Checker’s Speech. What type of logical fallacy is it? If you weren’t looking for it, do you think you would have noticed this flaw in logic? Do you think the general audience did?

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Discussion: Logical fallacies and Nixon’s checkers speech

In 1952, Richard Nixon was running as presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower’s vice-president running mate. During this campaign, Nixon was accused of using campaign funds for personal use. To address the issue, Nixon gave a televised, half-hour speech, known as the Checker’s Speech, defending himself against this accusation. I have provided a link to a website that includes background information, video, audio, and written text of the speech. Please review and then respond in a post to the following question.

Checker’s Speech Website Directions

Answer the following questions in a post (approx. 200 words).
1. Describe one of the logical fallacies that you noticed in the Checker’s Speech.
2. What type of logical fallacy is it? Post hoc, false dilemma, etc.
3. If you weren’t looking for it, do you think you would have noticed this flaw in logic? Do you think the general audience did?

You will not be able to see the other posts until you submit your own post. Once you do, please respond to at least one of your colleague’s posts in about 100 words. Please be sure that you provide a substantial response. In other words, be certain that your response takes the discussion in a forward direction and not a dead end – (“That’s interesting” or “I hadn’t thought of that”).

Discuss your goals, values, and reasons for wanting to attend the Research Mentorship Program in UC Santa Barbara.

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Discussion Essay:

Discuss your goals, values, and reasons for wanting to attend the Research Mentorship Program in UC Santa Barbara. (500 words)

Choose 2 types of shocks and find one article for each. Write one paragraph about each article.

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Two paragraphs about shocks

Choose 2 types of shocks and find one article for each. Write one paragraph about each article.

Two examples are in the word docx.

  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2769236&path=uploads/questions/640720/20230310185857examples.docx&fileDownloadName=attachment_1

Types of shock: hypovolemic, cardiogenic, anaphylactic, septic, and neurologic.

The company reported net income of $1.7 million in 2015. Assume that the number of shares outstanding has remained constant. What was the company’s per-share dividend in 2015?

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QUESTION AND ANSWER

Brooks Sporting Inc. is prepared to report the following 2016 income statement (shown in thousands of dollars).

Sales $15700
Operating costs including depreciation 12246
EBIT $3454
Interest 264
EBT $3190
Taxes (40%) 1276
Net income $1914

Prior to reporting this income statement, the company wants to determine its annual dividend. The company has 310000 shares of stock outstanding, and its common stock trades at $54 per share. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below.

Open spreadsheet

  1. The company had a 50% dividend payout ratio in 2015. If Brooks wants to maintain this payout ratio in 2016, what will be its per-share dividend in 2016? Round your answer to the nearest cent.$
  2. If the company maintains this 50% payout ratio, what will be the current dividend yield on the company’s stock? Round your answer to two decimal places.%
  3. The company reported net income of $1.7 million in 2015. Assume that the number of shares outstanding has remained constant. What was the company’s per-share dividend in 2015? Round your answer to the nearest cent.$
  4. As an alternative to maintaining the same dividend payout ratio, Brooks is considering maintaining the same per-share dividend in 2016 that it paid in 2015. If it chooses this policy, what will be the company’s dividend payout ratio in 2016? Round your answer to two decimal places.%
  5. Assume that the company is interested in dramatically expanding its operations and that this expansion will require significant amounts of capital. The company would like to avoid transactions costs involved in issuing new equity. Given this scenario, would it make more sense for the company to maintain a constant dividend payout ratio or to maintain the same per-share dividend?
    1. Since the company would like to avoid transactions costs involved in issuing new equity, it would be best for the firm to maintain a constant dividend payout ratio.
    2. Since the company would like to avoid transactions costs involved in issuing new equity, it would be best for the firm to maintain the same per-share dividend.
    3. DROP DOWN I OR II

Write out the genotype for a cow that is heterozygous for both traits. What would this cow look like with respect to these traits?

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Genetics problems

  1. A woman is heterozygous for both type A blood and for Rh factor. If she had a baby with a man who has O+ (0 positive) blood and is fully homozygous for these traits, what are the possible blood types of their children?
    The Punnett Square
♂   The cross:   ♀            
  X              
                 

Blood types possible in children?

                 

(Put a “0” in empty squares if there are fewer possibilities than blanks.)

Why can you get the correct results with the Punnett square shown (with only one row for the man, but four for the woman)?  (Explain.)

 

  1. Hemophilia is a recessive, sex-linked trait. If a woman who is a carrier for hemophilia marries a normal man, what are the odds their sons will have hemophilia? What are the odds that their daughters will have hemophilia? What are the odds their daughters will be carriers of the hemophilia gene? Use the following genes for this problem:  XN = X gene for normal blood clotting ; Xn = X with hemophilia gene; Y = Y chromosome.
    The Punnett Square
        ♂    
♂   The cross:   ♀              
  X     ♀          
                 

 

Odds of sons with hemophilia?

  out of                

 

Odds of daughters with hemophilia?                       Odds of carrier daughters?

  out of         out of      

 

 

In shorthorn cattle the gene for red coat (R) is not dominant over that for white coat (R’).  Cattle heterozygous for this gene are roan colored (In other words, inheritance of these traits is governed by incomplete dominance).  The gene that codes for the polled condition of the horns (P) is clearly dominant over the gene that codes for long horns (p).  (In other words, inheritance of these traits is governed by simple dominance.)

    1. Write out the genotype for a cow that is heterozygous for both traits.  What would this cow look like with respect to these traits?
Genotype   Phenotype  

 

    1. Do a Punnett square which illustrates the potential offspring for a cross between the cow above and a bull with the same genotype.
    ♂
♀          
         
         
         
         

 

    1. On average what percentage of the calves of numerous similar crossings would have each of the following sets of characteristics?
1) A red coat and polled horns.

 

  
2) A white coat and long horns.

 

  
3) A roan coat and polled horns.  

 

Assuming CAPM is correct, graph Security Market Line (SML). Use S&P 500 index ETF data to estimate the market risk premium. Which stock/fund has the highest alpha and which stock/fund has the lowest alpha?

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Single Factor Model Estimation

Part I: Single Factor Model Estimation
Go to finance.yahoo.com and download monthly historical price data over the 5 year period from March 1, 2018 to February 28, 2023 of the following stocks or fund:

  • a. S&P 500 index ETF (ticker: SPY)
  • b. Delta (ticker: DAL)
  • c. Amazon (ticker: AMZN)
  • d. Apple Inc

Using the adjusted closing prices and T-bill rate of approximately 0.4% per month (for simplicity, we assume this risk free rate is constant), please answer the following questions:
(1) Assuming CAPM is correct, run regression and estimate beta of each stock using S&P 500 index as a proxy for the market portfolio.
(2) Estimate alpha of each stock using S&P 500 index as a proxy for the market portfolio.
(3) Assuming CAPM is correct, graph Security Market Line (SML). Use S&P 500 index ETF data to estimate the market risk premium.
(4) Which stock/fund has the highest alpha and which stock/fund has the lowest alpha?

Write a research paper the impact of Brain Drain on the educational sector in Lebanon.

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The Impact of Brain Drain on The Educational Sector in Lebanon

Write a research paper the impact of Brain Drain on the educational sector in Lebanon.

Discuss two psychological explanations of eating behaviors.

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Eating behaviors

Discuss two psychological explanations of eating behaviors.