1. J & L should hedge only some of its exposures to diesel fuel. Although there are several financial instruments available for J & L to hedge against the risk of rising diesel fuel prices‚ these instruments still have their own downsides and possibly their own risks. For example‚ the future contracts from NYMEX seems like an effective hedging strategy for J &L‚ but there are some difficulties in terms of using futures from NYMEX to hedge against the diesel prices. NYMEX does not trade
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J & L Railroad 1. J & L can use heating oil futures to hedge its exposure to diesel fuel prices. Which futures position should J & L take? Explain. J&L Railroad should take a long position. They need to purchase diesel fuel in the future‚ they don’t produce diesel fuel‚ so they would want to take a future to be able to lock in the price of diesel fuel for future purchases. 2. What problems could the use of heating oil futures for hedging create for J&L? Note: I assume this question is asking
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Author Nardi Reeder Campion wrote Patrick Henry: Firebrand of the Revolution to inform readers on Patrick Henry’s role in the American Revolution through a story about his life. The book has some illustration and is 252 pages in length. The title says it all. Patrick Henry was the firebrand of the revolution‚ as he was truly someone very passionate about taking action and making a change. The story starts with Henry as a young boy who hated school‚ he grows up in Virginia and it follows all the way
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J&J – Director of Customer Collaboration. (answered by KwangSoo Kim) Pre-interview questions: 1: Please give an example of a situation where you have pro-actively identified an opportunity to implement a strategic supply chain improvement that benefitted both your company and customers A: What was the opportunity that you identified and what was the value add for you and for your customer? One opportunity was to further improve customer service level‚ importantly measured by customers (not by
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Period 2.4 10/24/12 Law enforcement 1 J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover was the longest running director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and arguably the best. He turned the corrupt reputation of the F.B.I into a feared crime fighting agency throughout the world. He is responsible for making the F.B.I what it is today. J. Edgar Hoover was born in Washington D.C on January 1‚ 1885. Raised in a supportive family of two sisters
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ABDM2073 – ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 (SEMESTER 3) PROGRAMME: 1DBU‚ 1DHR COURSE ASSESSMENT Coursework is divided into two separate components: (a) Written Team Assignment (60 marks) Students are expected to have a keen understanding of the role and importance of organisational behaviour to firms. A variety of case studies are provided to illustrate the various organisational behaviour concepts that students are required to analyse. (b) Presentation (40 marks)
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Neil Patrick Harris’ awesome family Halloween costumes throughout the years (-- removed HTML --) Everyone loves Neil Patrick Harris. While he rose to fame as a child‚ it was his character Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother that put him back in the limelight. Since then he’s hosted the Tony Awards multiple times‚ starred in plays on Broadway‚ and is Count Olaf in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. His family life‚ however‚ is where he really shines. He and his husband David have twin
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APPENDIX J Smog Check OBD II Reference (Testability Issues) Appendix J provides information and test instructions about known OBD II functional test difficulties. Technicians must familiarize themselves with the information contained in this Appendix and follow the specified test instructions when conducting a Smog Check inspection on any vehicle listed. Please watch for Appendix J updates on the Smog Check website or via ET Blasts. If other problems or solutions arise concerning the testing
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Patrick Henry’s Persuasion of the Revolutionaries What would make you risk your life for a cause that was seldom considered achievable? At the time Patrick Henry gave his speech most Americans at the time were small farmers‚ and they all had the same fear of Britain invading the colonies. Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” utilizes logos to persuade his fellow colonists to fight the British. If the colonists had voted against Henry’s proposition they would’ve been caught ill-prepared
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Dreams and goals are like SpongeBob and Patrick‚ they go perfectly together. Everyone has goals‚ or things they want to accomplish in life. It’s whether they follow through on those goals that truly matters. Everyone also has a dream‚ whether it’s realistic or not. Your dream can range from being a farmer to being the Queen of England with 100 kids and all the money in the world‚ but it all depends on you. There may be a million people that have the same dream as you but there’s never going
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