APUS Identify Stage of Child Development & Why You Are Interested in This Age Ques Humanities Assignment Help

This is a discussion post so there will be 2 parts. The first part will be the actual post. The 2nd part will be the reply to 2 classmates. I will provide you with 2 classmates posts to respond to once the initial post is completed.

It is a flu season. What do you think how can we help our immune system to attack and defeat the flu virus? Can we even prevent to get sick? Why or why not? If your name starts with A through L state how can you prevent flu with supporting your immune system? From M-Z discuss how can you support your immune system but explain why we can’t prevent flu with them. Due 3/01 at 11:59pm. Don’t forget to comment on 2 of your classmates’ responses and have at least 1 reference.

Part A:

Draw and label the Y and X axis for this market

Draw a supply and demand curve/line, making sure to properly label the lines

Label the equilibrium e1

Now consider the effect of the following two events on the market for interior paint:

*An increase in the cost of labor

*A decrease in the price of a paint brushes

*You are to create an event that would shift either the supply or demand curve for paint.

Draw the new supply and demand curve/lines

Label the new equilibrium e2

Part B -Elasticity :

What would be the price elasticity (Ed) a long the demand curve if the price decrease from $1.80 at a quantity of 10 paint brushes to$1.60 at a quantity of 20 paint brushes. Use the mid-point formula.

Post 1

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/business/private-equity-dividend-loans.html?searchResultPosition=4 (Links to an external site.)

The article I am sharing this week is about private equity firms are piling on debt to pay dividends. This form of borrowing is surging just as private equity firms are likely to face greater scrutiny with Democrats now in control of Congress and the White House.The revival in these transactions — called dividend recapitalizations — can be traced back to the upheaval of the pandemic and the policy responses meant to steady the economy.First, there’s pent-up demand. Second, there’s plenty of cash available from lenders willing to make these loans.

What do you think are the reasons for some companies to carry out dividend recapitalization transactions? According to a report by S & P global market intelligence’s leveraged Comment & data, private equity companies are borrowing more and more to pay dividends or restructure debt. What is driving these transactions? Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages for the long-term development of private equity companies in paying dividends through borrowing?

Post 2

Links

News Brief: IBM Explores Sale of IBM Watson Health (Links to an external site.)

News and Analysis: IBM’s Retreat From Watson Highlights Broader AI Struggles in Health (Links to an external site.)

Summary

IBM is exploring a sale of its Watson Health unit. Watson has been a well-publicized effort to use artificial intelligence to solve problems in the healthcare industry, ranging from the interpretation of diagnostic tests to management of patient communications. As a business, Watson Health has struggled to gain adoption and isn’t currently profitable. A potential sale of Watson Health fits into IBM’s efforts to focus more closely on cloud computing.

Questions

• As IBM built the software and infrastructure behind Watson Health, management must have made several capital budgeting decisions. Taking an outsider’s perspective, how would you evaluate these decisions?
  • What did IBM leadership get right?
  • What factors would have strengthened their analysis?
  • Is there anything that they failed to consider?
  • Do you think Watson Health was a good investment for IBM?
• The move to sell Watson Health is part of a broader effort to “slim-down” and focus.
  How would you evaluate this effort?
  • What are the pros and cons for shareholders?
  • Can our study of NPV and capital budgeting inform divestment decisions too?

Post 3

There has been a lot of press at the start of 2021 about Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) as an alternative to traditional IPO’s. A recent example of this is the space venture company, BlackSky – a satellite imagery specialist, that is merging with Osprey Technology (SFTW).
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/18/satellite-imagery-specialist-blacksky-latest-space-spac-going-public.html?&qsearchterm=spac (Links to an external site.)

SPACs are essentially a ‘blank-check company’ that gets listed on a public exchange with a goal of acquiring a startup that then takes its place on the stock market. SPACs have two years to acquire a company at which time the initial investment gets returned to the investors. Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., and DraftKings Inc. both went public through SPACs. Industries that are more heavily targeted by SPACs include Technology, Health care, Leisure and hospitality, Energy, and Financial. These investment vehicles originated in the ’90s and have fallen in and out of popularity since then.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-spacs-attack-a-new-force-is-invading-wall-street-11611378007?cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_5&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s (Links to an external site.)

An interesting metric is the amount of money raised by SPACs ($38.3B) in 2021 vs traditional IPOs ($19.8B).
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-spac-boom-visualized-in-one-chart-11612962000?mod=searchresults_pos15&page=1 (Links to an external site.)

1. Have you heard about SPACs or are you familiar with them?
2. Do you think this recent surge in popularity is here to stay or is it a fad like it was in the ’90s and 2000s?
3. What are the risks or benefits for BlueSky to use a SPAC rather than IPO?

Next week, you will give your presentation. Your goal is to feel confident about your topic. However, as you read this week, some people fear public speaking more than death.

First, identify the topic and audience of your persuasive presentation.

Second, considering the course materials for this week, describe the strategy you will use to hold your audience’s attention, establish credibility, and convey nonverbal emotions. For example, how will you keep your nerves calm? How will you make sure you cover each point you want to make? How will you use effective hand gestures, exert the right tone, and speak with confidence? How do you stay within the time limit? Discuss why you chose that strategy.

Post your initial response by Wednesday, midnight of your time zone, and reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ initial posts by Sunday, midnight of your time zone.