International Trade: CASES (1-8) CASE - 1 LUKOil CASE Russia’s GDP grew by 7 percent in 2004‚ which marked five straight years of growth. The growth was also higher than that of any other G8 country. Russia’s oil and gas sector has fuelled the growth‚ accounting for about 25 percent of its oil production and exports the other 70 percent. This dependence on petroleum exports makes Russia quite vulnerable to what happens in global petroleum markets. When the price per barrel of oil changes by $1
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CASE 8-1: NORMAN CORPORATION 1. Answer: The transaction should be recognized based on the following points: i. ii. Conservatism concept stated that expenses should be recognized as soon as they are reasonably possible to occur. According to loss contingency‚ a liability is recognized when information available indicates that it is probable for a liability to occur and when the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. Therefore‚ Norman should provide a provision for loss and recorded the transaction
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Case 09-8 Classified Information Lads and Lassies (L&L)‚ an SEC registrant‚ has its year end on the Saturday closest to January 31. Fiscal 2012‚ 2011‚ and 2010‚ which include 52 weeks each‚ ended on January 28‚ 2012‚ January 29‚ 2011‚ and January 30‚ 2010‚ respectively. L&L manufactures and sells exclusive children’s clothing to the most discerning clientele. Its products offer high quality and modern style‚ including everything from a colorful collection of cashmere sweaters to perfect vintage
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Case#8 Countrywide Financial: The Subprime Meltdown Questions: 1. Are subprime loans an unethical financial instrument‚ or are they ethical but misused in a way that created ethical issues? The Countrywide Financial case showed subprime loans easily contribute to unethical behavior. I think the idea of the loan isn’t unethical in itself‚ but the way it was packaged. If you take away the fraudulent behavior‚ the idea of a subprime mortgage isn’t too corrupt. Subprime borrowers generally have bad
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In the November 2008 United States election cycle‚ the state of California had Proposition 8 on the ballot. This was in response to the state legalizing gay marriage through the judicial system. After the legalization of the practice‚ opponents of gay marriage were able to put Proposition 8 on the ballot in an attempt to overturn the court ruling. Ultimately they were successful‚ but not without millions of dollars in campaign advertising. This paper will examine the main advertisement named‚ ’Gathering
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Panera Bread Company is a leader in the easy casual restaurant industry with multiple café-bakeries located in 36 states‚ of the United States. Panera operates under the banner of Panera and Saint Louis Bread Company. Almost 400 of its 1‚027 bakeries are company-operated and the remainders are franchisees. Panera Bread’s core competencies are in their market niche‚ offering a premium specialty bakery and café experience to suburban and urban residents. Penera’s focus is offering their
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Case 10-8 Ellie Enterprises An investment that is not one of the three traditional asset types such as stocks‚ bond and cash are considered as an alternative investment. “These types of investments include hedge funds‚ managed futures‚ real estate‚ commodities and derivative contracts.” (www.investopedia.com). These are subject to less regulation and use leverage and derivative instruments to optimize their returns. “In spite of many pensions and private endowments beginning to invest in these
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Case #8: Mattel and Toy Safety Case # 8 Mattel and Toy Safety Do you believe that Mattel acted in a socially responsible and ethical manner in regard to the safety of its toys? What should or could Mattel have done differently‚ if anything? I do believe that Mattel took an initiative of social responsibility and acted in an ethical manner. The issue of lead paint was introduced to the business. The company then addressed it to their overseas production facilities and took all
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Host ID: 10.10.1 Network ID in binary: 1101110 Host ID in binary: 101010101 Exercise 8.1.2 Class Range Network ID Host ID Possible Networks Possible Hosts per Network A 0-127 A b.c.d 2^7 2^24 B 128-191 a.b c.d 2^14 2^16 C 192-223 a.b.c D 2^21 2^8 If you used the number of bytes instead you would get a whole different amount of possible networks which isn’t right. Exercise 8.1.3 No I will not fit in this the 192-223 range. Exercise 8.1.4 Network ID: 190.8 Host ID: 8.4 Binary Network ID: 101111101000
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Lab 8 answer key Exploring group policy administration This lab contains the following exercises: Exercise 8.1 Configuring the Local Computer Policy Exercise 8.2 Configuring Processing Order Exercise 8.3 Configuring Priority Order Exercise 8.4 Using Block Policy Inheritance and Enforce Exercise 8.5 Cleanup for Exercise 8.6 Exercise 8.6 Configuring Account Policies Post-Lab Cleanup Estimated lab time: 130 minutes Exercise 8.1 Configuring the Local Computer Policy Overview
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