5.3. A foreign exchange trader with a U.S. bank took a short position of £5‚000‚000 when the $/£ exchange rate was 1.55. Subsequently‚ the exchange rate has changed to 1.61. Is this movement in the exchange rate good from the point of view of the position taken by the trader? By how much has the bank’s liability changed because of the change in the exchange rate? |R1- | | | | | |
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CHAPTER 10: RACE AND ETHNICITY Key 1. A social category of people who share a common culture‚ language‚ national background or religion is referred to as a(n) _____. A. minority group B. dominant group C. racial group D. ethnic group 2. In order for a group to be considered an ethnic group they must A. look different than the members of other ethnic groups. B. speak the same language as other members of the group. C. share an identity they see as different from that of others on society. D
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MGNT 3430: Operations Management Fall 2014 Homework 1 Answers Discussion Questions Q6 (p. 25). Although all nine of the competitive priorities discussed in this chapter are relevant to a company’s success in the marketplace‚ explain why a company should not necessarily try to excel in all of them. What determines the choice of the competitive priorities that a company should emphasize for its key processes? Answer. It is often not a good idea for a company to try to excel in all of the competitive
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I. Introduction • “El Anglo con cara de incocente nos arrancó la lengua” • Wild tongues can’t be tamed‚ they can only be cut out. II. Overcoming the Tradition of Silence • Muchachitas bien criadas • “In my culture they are all words that are derogatory if applied to women – I’ve never heard them applied to men.” III. Oyé como ladra: el lenguaje de la frontera • Chicano Spanish is considered by the purist and by most Lations deficient‚ a mutilation of Spanish
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Answers to Chapter 3 Exercises 3.1. DRAM factory. You own and operate a facility located in Taiwan that manufactures 64-megabit dynamic random-access memory chips (DRAMs) for personal computers (PCs). One year ago you acquired the land for this facility for $2 million‚ and used $3 million of your own money to finance the plant and equipment needed for DRAM manufacturing. Your facility has a maximum capacity of 10 million chips per year. Your cost of funds is 10% per year for either borrowing
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Econ Answers Chapter 3 The price of train travel increases by 10% and the demand for train travel falls by 12.5%. The price elasticity of demand for train travel is – -1.25 The short run (retail) supply of freshly cut flowers is much less elastic than that of pot plants because: -florists cannot keep freshly cut flowers as long as pot plants If demand drops to zero at the slightest increase in price‚ demand is: - Perfectly elastic Price elasticity of supply will be greater when: - firms hold large
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Chapter 5 Outline The Triumph of the British Empire A fragile peace King George’s War failed to establish either Britain or France as the dominant power in North America‚ and each side soon began preparations for another war. The Ohio valley became the tinderbox for conflict. It was the subject of competing claims by Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ France‚ and the Six Nations Iroquois‚ as well as by the Native Americans who actually lived there. Seeking to drive traders from the River valley‚ the
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5-1A. During the year‚ Plum Company has a SUTA tax rate of 4.8%. The taxable payroll for the year for FUTA and SUTA is $123‚400. Compute: a. Net FUTA tax ............................................... $ 987.20 b. Net SUTA tax ............................................... $ 5‚923.20 c. Total unemployment taxes ............................ $ 6‚910.40 5-2A. Peyton Company’s payroll for the year is $737‚910. Of this amount‚ $472‚120 is for wages paid in excess of $7‚000 to each individual
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refers to the pronunciation differences of a standard language‚ a dialect‚ in addition to pronunciation variation‚ has distinctive grammar and vocabulary. Example: The word “y’all” is used in the south‚ almost specifically to that group of people. 5. Nostratic - hypothesized ancestral language of Proto-Indo-European‚ as well as other ancestral language families. Example: The language from which the Proto-Indo-European languages derived. 6. standard language - variant of a language that a country’s
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Review questions 1-10 Pages 146-147 1. Describe the three different kinds of material that can erupt from a volcano. Products of eruption come in three forms; lave flow‚ which can be Basaltic‚ Andesitic or Rhyolitic lava. A volcano also erupts pyroclastic debris (when lava flies into the air and freezes) and gases. 2. Contrast a pyroclastic flow with a lahar. Pyroglastic debris are blasting clots of lava‚ and the lahar are like mudslides that can reach up to 50km per hour. When the
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