1. REQUIREMENT: WRITE A ONE-PAGE REVIEW OF THE SOLYNDRA BANKRUPTCY AND CURRENT EVENTS. (DOUBLE SPACED, TYPED, FULL PAGE). No more than 2 pages.
2. Read a couple of articles of your choice on Solyndra. Also review the Congressional Research Report noting the cost and revenue numbers concerning Solyndra's profit potential with the solar product and market at that time. You don't need to read the entire Congressional Research Report. Review it for important information regarding the topic.
Questions:
1) Was Solyndra a profitable company?
2) What was Solyndra's business plan/strategy?
3) What recommendations would you have made regarding Solyndra's operations?
4) What is/was happening to Chinese solar competitors and the remaining American solar companies?
5) What pushed Solyndra into bankruptcy?
6) Are you for or against using taxpayer funds for business investments and government loans to private companies?
7) What was Solyndra's market niche?

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Why has the free enterprise system been modified to include some government intervention?

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)