Spot Collection – Week 3‚ Tutorial 2 i) Textbook question: answer question 2 in the ‘Discussion Questions’ for the case study Managing McDonalds Australia’ on page 36. As of May 2010‚ Catriona Noble’s role as managing director/CEO of McDonalds Australia is to oversee and involve herself in the various functions of the business on a national and global scale. These include areas such as marketing‚ business planning‚ operational management‚ dealing with public affairs and many other elements that
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Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) is a foreign exchange program organization that provides 50‚000 students the opportunity to study abroad. AIFS serve American students traveling abroad to Europe‚ China‚ Mexico‚ and other locations. Therefore‚ AIFS receive cash inflows in dollars while they pay outflows in mostly Euros and British Pounds. The organization had $200 million in annual revenues. AIFS provides two main divisions: the College division primarily
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taken by the English Parliament during the 1760s that angered the colonists were the Currency Act and Stamp Act. The Currency Act was passed in efforts of the British trying to control the paper money in the United States. This act banned the production of coins and government money in the United States. According to the British‚ the only way to be able to use colonial paper money was for public transactions only. It was banned for private transactions. Finally‚ in 1770 Parliament it was passed the
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Compare and Contrast Fiction Essay “The Found Boat” and “A&P” Sexuality and personal growth has and always will be a topic of conversation in real life and even in fiction short stories. The idea of sexuality has just recently not only became an open idea to discuss but one to also write and publish about. Both Alice Munro and John Updike both illustrate the idea of sexuality and personal growth in very different ways. “The Found Boat” by Alice Munro‚ deals with sexuality in an aggressive manner
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Nowadays such currencies as euro‚ Yuan and pound are growing up while dollars position is decreasing. Dollar depreciation is thought by many to be a good method of increasing output‚ investment and employment‚ while at the same time helping to reduce our current account deficit. At first glance‚ it seems obvious; a weaker dollar will make U.S. exports comparatively cheaper and thus increase output‚ investment and employment. In reality the theoretical models empirical evidence are much more complex
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years airplane tickets have skyrocketed. The common question is: Why do airplane tickets fluctuate so much? And there are actually lots of reasons‚ such as oil prices‚ supply and demand‚ taxes‚ and more. There are ways to lower prices for tickets‚ but overall‚ they are very expensive‚ and I think that they should be less. Airplane tickets have gone up for a number of reasons. In the article Why your Airplane ticket is so expensive nowadays the author explains how there are only a few major airlines
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The Only Tree Left I was walking past the great forests of Tree Land and thinking to myself ‘Where are all the trees?’ So I walked up to the only tree left and asked “Where is your family?” The tree didn’t reply but stood there still slowly starting to shed its leaves. I went closer and whispered to it “Don’t you worry‚ I’ll help you find the kidnapper.” I moved forward and saw someone loading log-wood into his truck. I quickly went up to him and “You are under arrest!” The strange man started laughing
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The speech How to spot a liar by Pamela Meyer is extremely interesting. She also wrote a book called Liespotting. She describes how everyone lies and with the right techniques you could spot a liar. We usually lie to protect ourselves or love ones. We are more likely to lie to a stranger 3 times within meeting them. That’s something insane‚ our generation’s lies to everything. We cannot go a day without lying to someone even if it’s the littlest lie. People who are trained to lies get to the
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benefits when trading between countries. In a sense‚ the EEC was trying to implement an economic model similar to that of the United States‚ where amongst all fifty of the states there existed a single currency under a central federal bank that controlled the national interest rate level and other currency issues. Thus trade between the states was eased‚ promoting companies both with nation-wide interests‚ and those wishing to build from regional to nation wide platforms. However‚ since the official
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The Joy Luck Club – A Pair of Tickets – Analysis Use of Language – Metaphor Theme – Identity This story explores the insights of Jing-Mei’s literal and figurative journey back to her cultural origin‚ China. In the text‚ Jing-mei had initially ’vigorously denied that [she] had any Chinese whatsoever below [her] skin.’ and through this she has shown her inability to understand her true identity. Use of Language – Metaphor Theme – Identity [cont.] When she had finally comprehended
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