Bonds Microsoft’s long-term debt is composed of eight long-term bonds. It also has two short-term bonds that mature this year and early next year. These bonds were neglected in this report. In this report the required return was calculated by using the coupon rates‚ market values‚ time until maturity‚ and tax rate. These values were all found on Microsoft’s 2012 financial statement. The weighted average cost of debt was then found through the multiplication of each bond’s required return and their
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Both the “savanna hypothesis” and the “aquatic ape hypothesis” attempt to explain the bipedalism of humans—our tendency and ability to walk upright‚ on two feet. According to the savanna hypothesis‚ our ancestors left the forests in Africa for the plains. The males hunted and needed to survey the horizon and walk a great distance. So‚ they began walking on two feet to better accommodate this need. This hypothesis also explains our larger brain size since smarter individuals
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focuses on testing hunches or ideas in a park and recreation setting through a systematic process. In this process‚ the study is documented in such a way that another individual can conduct the same study again. This is referred to as replicating the study. Any research done without documenting the study so that others can review the process and results is not an investigation using the scientific research process. The scientific research process is a multiple-step process where the steps are interlinked
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article). 6 pts Example of a directional hypothesis: Dogs will spend more time in physical contact with their sick owners than will cats. The first hypothesis was homophobic men are more sexually aroused to homosexual signs then non-homophobic men. The second hypothesis was homophobic men are more hostile or aggressive than non-homophobic men. 2) Did the results of the study support or refute the researchers’ first hypothesis/prediction? Explain how you came to this conclusion. 3 pts The results
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USING SELECTED INDICES TO MONITOR CHEATING ON MULTIPLE-CHOICE EXAMS Larry R. Nelson Curtin University of Technology Western Australia Invited paper prepared for Volume 4 of the Thai Journal of Educational Research and Measurement‚ ISSN 1685-6740‚ to be published in 2006. Methods for detecting cheating on multiple-choice tests are discussed‚ with particular focus on the Harpp-Hogan index. An investigation of the reliability of the H-H index was undertaken in two professional testing environments
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enough above that you don’t have the liberty of debating its wisdom or feasibility) decreeing that you must find an additional 10%‚ 20%‚ or even 30% in administrative cost reductions‚ severance aside. You just don’t see how it can be done. Further complicating your life are the limitations on your choices. Because you don’t report directly to the CEO‚ you’re not in a position to advocate strategy changes or pursue wholesale shifts like offshoring. Nor do your instructions allow you to push for large
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How to Want What You Have “It’s not having what you want. It’s wanting what you’ve got.” - Sheryl Crow The 45-minute drive home last Wednesday night from Leavenworth to Overland Park‚ Kansas gave me some time to think. I just dropped off my younger son‚ Andrew‚ for a five-day personal development seminar‚ and I welcomed the chance to remember a similar night six years ago. Andrew‚ I concluded‚ was fortunate. Attending as a 17-year-old would give him valuable resources he could use for his
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Ch.24 1 In the calculation of the CPI‚ sweaters are given greater weight than jeans if a. the price of sweaters is higher than the price of jeans. b. it costs more to produce sweaters than it costs to produce jeans. c. sweaters are more readily available than jeans are to the typical consumer. d. consumers buy more sweaters than jeans. ANS: D 2 In computing the consumer price index‚ a base year is chosen. Which of the following statements about the base year is correct? a. The base year is always
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Proceedings of the 5 Asian Mathematical Conference‚ Malaysia 2009 th DESIGNING A DISEASE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM BY USING FUZZY SET THEORY Ahmad Mahir R.‚ Asaad A. Mahdi and Ali A. Salih School of Mathematical Sciences‚ Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia‚ 43600 UKM Bangi‚ Selangor‚ MALAYSIA E-mail: mahir@ukm.my ; wakilali@yahoo.com ; asaadmahdi@gmail.com Abstract: Many diseases affecting millions of people every day. Information technology could be used to reduce the
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Who do you first approach when you are down? Your friends? Is it really impossible to live without them? Is it necessary to make friends in the first place?Firstly‚ friends can help you develop character. With their company‚ they are able to influence you to become similar like them. For example‚ a teenager hangs around with good friends that are interested in studying. When the teenager is having problems in studies‚ his friends are able to help with places he is in doubt. Friends are also able
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