Kristine Palisano HW week 6 Individual-work 2 August 24‚ 2013 1. Describe the general characteristics of a future contract. How does a clearinghouse facilitate the trading of financial futures contracts? 2. How does the price of a financial futures contract change as the market price of the security it represents changes? Why? 3. Explain why some futures contracts may be more suitable than others for hedging exposure to interest rate risk. 4. Will speculators
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1. Explain what is meant by the term wireless. Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form of wire) carry the signal over part or all of the communication path. 2. What is a frequency-shift-keying system? Describe two methods of generating FSK. Frequency-shift keying (FSK) is a method of transmitting digital signals. 6. Explain a method used to generate BPSK using Figure 10-5 as a basis. Need for modulation 1) to reduce the antenna
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Samantha Becicka Macro Study Guide Chapter 3 1 We have scarce resources so in our choices of consumption we wish to maximize the satisfaction we receive from those choices. The economist terms this maximizing the __utility_________ 2 Since it is unlikely that we can grow our own food‚ sew our own clothes or build our house‚ it would be better if we would __specialize___ in what we do best and __exchange_ for those needs that others do better 3 The term _product market___ is a place where and
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1. Why did the Framers of the Constitution opt for a federal system rather than a unitary one? The experience with British rule had soured the Founders on the idea of one government with centralized and ultimate power. The new Americans did not care if tyranny came from a central government in America rather than from across the Atlantic—they wanted to make the potential for tyranny as remote as possible. In a federal system‚ both the states and the central government are sovereign within
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who make us who we are. I have chosen to explore the theme ‘Memories and the past can affect the future’. This theme is evident in the novels The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd‚ Before You by Amber Hart and If I Stay by Gayle Forman. It is also apparent in the film The Time Traveller’s Wife directed by Robert Schwentke. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees‚ Lily the protagonist is a young girl growing up with an abusive father and a harsh environment. Lily wants to escape the reality that T-Ray
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Ms. Brooks 03/10/2012 UNIT 5 Essays Differentiate between fraud and abuse. Define fraud and abuse‚ identify at least three elements of each‚ and contrast the differences between them. Cite illustrative examples of the differences. Fraud is any and all means a person uses to gain an unfair advantage over another person. In most cases‚ to be considered fraudulent‚ an act must involve: – A false statement (oral or in writing) – About a material fact
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2.) a) proteins b.) i) Amylase ii) Protease iii) Lipase c) i) Glucose ii) Amino Acids iii) Fatty acids and Glycerol 3.) a.) Each enzyme has a unique shape that fits onto the substrate. As enzymes normally only catalyse one reaction the substrate has to fit in the specific shape (active site) and if it doesn’t fit in (lock and key method) then the enzyme won’t be catalysed. b.) As when the enzyme is denatured it’s special shape is destroyed‚ thus destroying it’s active site meaning that
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1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. Prior to 1984‚ the Corporation used principally accelerated methods for its U.S. operating plants. The cumulative effect of this change‚ which was applied retroactively to all assets previously subjected to accelerated depreciation‚ increased net income for 1984 by $11.0 million or $.93 per common and common equivalent share. The changes as defined in Note 2 are as follows:
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CHAPTER 1 1. Internal expansion involves a normal increase in business resulting from increased demand for products and services‚ achieved without acquisition of preexisting firms. Some companies expand internally by undertaking new product research to expand their total market‚ or by attempting to obtain a greater share of a given market through advertising and other promotional activities. Marketing can also be expanded into new geographical areas. External expansion is the bringing together
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1. What is the fundamental goal of business? Do all organizations share this goal?The fundamental goal of business is to earn a profit. Not all organizations share this goal because they are nonprofit organizations. 2. Name the forms a product may take and give some examples of each. The forms a product may take are tangible and intangible. Tangible goods are computers‚ clothing‚ automobiles‚ and food. Intangible goods are services or ideas made by people. 3. Who are the main participants of business
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