The overall unemployment rate in Lebanon stands at 24 percent, and youth unemployment exceeds 35 percent. In the face of job crisis, Lebanon should introduce reforms in the education system to adapt to future labor market needs. At the same time, it is crucial to develop a viable information and communications technology sector and to speed up the process of finalizing the oil and gas exploration and production projects. Also essential to job creation are small- and medium-size enterprises. Source: The Daily Star, December 24, 2014
a. On the basis of the news clip, what is the main type of unemployment that Lebanon should use
policies to control? Explain.
b. How might these policies impact Lebanon’s natural unemployment rate? Explain.

The plastic flowerpots company has two manufacturing departments, molding and packaging. at the beginning of the month, the molding department has 2,100 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials. during the month, the molding department started 18,500 units. at the end of the month, the molding department had 3,150 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials. units completed in the molding department are transferred into the packaging department. cost information for the molding department for the month follows: beginning work in process inventory (direct materials) $ 1,300 direct materials added during the month 28,900 using the weighted-average method, compute the molding department's (a) equivalent units of production for materials and (b) cost per equivalent unit of production for materials for the month. (round "cost per equivalent unit of production" to 2 decimal places.)

What are the period and vertical shift of the cosecant function below? period: ; vertical shift: 1 unit up period: ; vertical shift: 2 units up period: ; vertical shift: 1 unit up period: ; vertical shift: 2 units up?

Use the following account numbers and corresponding account titles to answer the following question. account no. account title (1) cash (2) merchandise inventory (3) cost of goods sold (4) transportation-out (5) dividends (6) common stock (7) selling expense (8) loss on the sale of land (9) sales which accounts would appear on the income statement?