I need an article critique. The article must be chosen from Google scholar relating to my topic. The first paragraph needs to be research on the topic, problem, and any questions. The second paragraph will need to be review of the literature. The 3rd, the methods used, the 4th paragraph needs to be results and the conclusions.
Day: April 15, 2021
Create a procedure to follow for reviewing article abstracts. This can be similar to a standard operating procedure or in a format you prefer. A flow chart or similar model can also be used. Assume you will use this method when you begin your own chapter 2.
Begin your procedure with the following:
Include at least three steps for determining if the abstract has the main points related to your topic.
Outline how or what you will look for in the abstract. This information will be what prompts you to open the full-text article.
In the next step of the procedure:
Develop a plan or visual tool to take notes about each search engine, main theme, URL, and a section of the chapter this would be used.
For example, chapter 2 begins with an introduction for the reader about your topic, next to a paragraph of how and where you found the literature, then the theoretical or conceptual framework, and then finally the main content of the chapter. The main content is categorized by you and how your literature develops.
5 scholarly resources
FASB ASC 9-2
Several FASB statements dealt with the topic of asset impairments. List the FASB statements that dealt with asset impairments and summarize them. Several EITF documents provide additional guidance on implementing the FASB standards.
1. List the implementation issues discussed in the EITF releases.
FASB ASC 10-5
The FASB ASC contains guidance on how to account for equity investments when accumulated losses by the investee have resulted in the investment account of the investor being reduced to zero.
1. Find, cite, and copy that guidance.
Submit a paper proposal for your comparative paper.
Set out the context of the topic of your paper in thinking comparatively about two similar or dissimilar writers, themes, ideas, perspectives that we have encountered and analyzed throughout the course.
You must address at least one reading or media we have discussed in the course, and you are free to relate this to an outside reading/media.
Include a short working bibliography.
Develop a finessed and articulate argument/thesis statement on the issue or problem in the topic of your paper.
Explain why the topic is important, relevant, and interesting.
Outline the ways in which the topic and problem/issue will be addressed.
Instruction:
Baker Company needs $1 million to expand its existing plant. Baker management is considering the following two alternative forms of financing:
1. At the beginning of 2020, issue $1 million of convertible, 10-year, 10% bonds. Each $1000 bond can be converted into 20 shares of Baker $10 par value common stock. The conversion may take place any time after three years.
2. At the beginning of 2020, issue 10,000 shares of $100 par value, $10, redeemable preferred stock. The preferred is redeemable at $102 ten years from the date of issue.
Bakers management is concerned about the effects of the two alternatives on cash flows, their financial statements, and future financing for other planned expansion activities. Also, existing debt covenants restrict the debt-to-equity ratio to 2:1; $1 million in new debt would cause the debt-to-equity ratio to be close to 2:1. Baker believes that either the bonds or the preferred stock could be sold at par value. Their income tax rate is 34%. Baker Company common stock is currently selling for $45 per share.
Required:
a. Discuss the theoretical and current US GAAP treatments for convertible bonds.
b. Discuss the current US GAAP treatment for redeemable preferred stock.
c. Compare the effects of the two financing alternatives on Baker Companys balance sheet, income statement, and cash flows under current US GAAP. Your comparison should consider 2020 and future years, the potential conversion of the bonds, and the debt covenant restrictions.
d. If the FASB were to decide to recognize the value for conversion (conversion feature) as equity, would this have an impact on Baker Companys decision? How would Bakers financial statements be affected if it chose the convertible bond alternative? Would the decision to select convertible bonds versus redeemable preferred stock be affected, especially in light of the concern regarding the debt covenant restrictions?
Instruction:
Case10-2
Poole Company purchases 5,000 shares of preferred stock issued by Ernst Company, a private manufacturer of specialized equipment, for $200,000. Poole Company has concluded that its investment meets the definition of an equity security. The preferred stock does not have a readily determinable fair value and does not qualify for the practical exception allowed in FASB ASC 820. Because of a significant technological advance by a competitor, Ernst Companys equipment technology becomes obsolete; as a result, its ability to attract new business has been adversely impacted and its cash flow projections have been revised downward. Poole Companys assessment resulted in recording an impairment loss of $50,000 resulting in a carrying value of $150,000. The following reporting period, Ernst Company issues additional shares of preferred stock to new investors. The preferred stock has the same terms as the preferred stock acquired by Poole Company. The new investors acquired the preferred shares for $35 per share.
Required:
a. How should Poole Company assess the need for an impairment charge?
b. How should Poole Company account for its investment in Ernst Company subsequent to learning of the new investment information?
To summarize:
Pick 3 decades from 1900 until now.
Pick on milestone from each of those decades, for a total of three events.
Describe the event and how it impacts us today in some way.
Each answer should not be longer than one page.
Read the second chapter of the great gatsby and read a common lit article call keeping up with the joneses and consider the conversation that takes place at time Buchanans party: how do theses conversations reflect the ideas presented in common lit article? Need to have four example from both stories and explain how they are connected. Has to be on paragraph and needs a topic sentence.
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/keeping-up-with-the-joneses
please answer the following question and consider writing about one-quarter for each question.
1.describe a creative area of your life in which you are able to express your unique personality and talents. be specific and give examples.
2. why do you feel that this activity is creative? give examples.
3.how would you describe the experience of being engaged in this activity?where do your creative ideas come from? how do they develop?
4. what strategies do you use to increase your creativity? what obstacles block your creative efforts? how do you try to overcome these blocks?
You must select one topic from the list below. Please write a short research paper on your selected topic drawing from information in your book and other course materials.
1.Role of the environment in the development of personality.
2.What do modern psychologists feel are the major weaknesses of Freud’s psychoanalytic theories?
3.Anxiety: Causes, Symptoms, and Therapy
4.The effects of sleep deprivation on human beings.
5.The effects of cognitive dissonance on behavior/values
6.How is Intelligence Measured? Reasons for controversy/debate
7.Compare and Contrast the Developmental Theories of Erik Erikson and Jean Piaget
8.Theories of Forgetting – explanation & implications for better memory
9.The Clinical Uses of Hypnosis – risks vs. benefits, Dreams & dream interpretation: why they occur? are interpretations valid?
*** Topic Selection
Your paper should address the following:
1.Give a brief background of the subject or problem.
2.Include a personal discussion of your thoughts, bias, feelings towards the subject or problem prior to the research you conducted.
3.What is the significance of this topic/problem? Why is it important for people to understand? What areas of mental or physical health may it have an impact on?
4. Conclusions: what answers did your research provide for you? What do you think are the unanswered questions, and/or the areas where further research is needed?
