Cross rates, devaluation, cost of intervention and balance of payments

On July 2, 2012, the cross rates for the Japanese and Mexican currencies were yen 0.009949/EUR and peso 0.059571/EUR. What are the cross rates between the two currencies?
Suppose that on July 2, 2012, the cross rates for the Singapore and South African currencies were Singapore dollar (S$) 0.789085/US dollar (US$) and rand 0.122540/US$. What are the cross rates between the two currencies?
Assume the Bank of Germany borrowed Australian dollar (A$) 25 billion from the Bank of Australia before the global financial crisis of 2007. At that time, the rate was A$ 1.68751/€ or US$1.4786 /€. In 2012, the Bank of Australia repaid the money borrowed. At the time of repayment, the rate was A$1.22829/€ or US$ 1.25929/€:
Calculate the percentage of devaluation of euros against Australian dollars as well as euros against U.S. dollars.
Calculate the cost of intervention to the Bank of Germany in euros and U.S. dollars.
(Briefly show or explain how you arrived at your solutions to get partial credit if one or more answers are incorrect.)
Record a journal entry for each of the following transactions:
A U.S.-based MNC invests $800 million in a factory located in South Africa and finances the project by issuing bonds in Germany.
A Mexican company sells $5 million worth of goods to an Arizona company and deposits the check in a bank in Scottsdale.
The Bank of Denmark purchases 1.3 billion dollars in the foreign exchange market to hold down the value of the krone and uses these dollars to buy U.S. Treasury bonds.
A U.S.-based MNC pays $9 million in dividends to foreign residents. Those residents decide to hold the dividends in bank deposits in New York.
A U.S. car manufacturer exports $110 million of cars to the Philippines and receives payment in the form of a check drawn on a U.S. bank.
Calculate and record the following entries in the U.S. balance of payments accounts as applicable:
The U.S. government uses its foreign demand deposits to purchase $8 from private foreigners in the U.S.
American tourists spend $30 abroad using traveler’s checks drawn on U.S. banks.
The U.S. government sells abroad $45 in gold for foreign demand deposits.
The U.S. exports $300 of goods and receives payment abroad in the form of foreign demand deposits.
U.S. citizens purchase foreign stocks with $60, using foreign demand deposits held abroad.
The U.S. imports $225 of goods and pays for them by drawing down its foreign demand deposits.
The U.S. pays $15 to foreigners in dividends drawn on U.S. demand deposits.

The “Wolf” or the “Fox?” discussion question

The “Wolf” or the “Fox?”

Topic

Can racism be perpetuated even in the absence of unacknowledged intent? Malcolm X once said he preferred overt racism (“the wolf”) to more covert/unacknowledged racism (“the fox”).

Would you agree with him and the sociologists you have read for this module that colorblind racism’s denial is more harmful than the more overt racism of the past? Why or why not? (Apply the course readings in your response).

Regulation and administrative law

Part 1: Regulation and the Greater Good

After viewing The Crisis of Credit Visualized https://vimeo.com/3261363

video, respond to each of the following:

Ø How could government regulations have prevented or mitigated the credit crisis of 2008?

Ø Discuss whether too much governmental regulation of business or too little governmental regulation of business presents the greater danger to:

the greater good

business

Part 2: Administrative Law and Business

Some argue that government needs to increase its regulation of business for the good of society as a whole. Others believe that the marketplace is self-regulating and that government intervention through needless regulation places an unfair, costly burden on businesses in general and on small businesses in par­ticular.

Ø What role do you believe government regulation should play to ensure ethical conduct by businesses?

Ø How do different political viewpoints potentially shape the answer to this question?

Supplemental Resources

This unit deals with contract and elements of same. Please watch at your convenience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-iXSJTKRA

Persuasive arguement Essay question

Instruction: Answer the following question below.

Part B – Please type two paragraphs (6 to 8 sentences). Do not combine your paragraphs together.
1.
A. It is stated in your text that “persuasive arguments share a rhetorical structure with three fundamental components.” List the three fundamental components of persuasive arguments.

B. Describe the three components of this rhetorical structure and offer examples of each.

Strategic Plan

In your Final Project this week, you will pull the various elements you’ve created together to aid your creation of a Strategic Plan. From the perspective of an executive with the firm, your supervisor has tasked you with creating a strategic plan to grow the business over the next three years using this and here is an using the template. Continue to access the Mergent University of Arizona Global Campus Library online database which offers company financials, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries, officers, and directors and the Business Insights database. (View the and documents for suggested methods of searching University of Arizona Global Campus Library databases generally as well as specific advice for searching these two databases).
Your strategic plan must be future-oriented and must

Describe the company, the company’s history and its 4Ps (Product, Price, Place, and Promotion).
Examine the company’s mission statement and assess its impact on the organization’s activities.
Explain the current situation of the organization in the market (industry, market, and general environment analysis).
Add your SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) of your chosen company here. Evaluate areas that offer opportunities for

Choose three or four areas from your SWOT analysis and assess why the areas you have chosen are essential to your strategic plan

Summarize the results of your Environmental Scan and Porter’s 5 Forces.

Evaluate the degree to which they aid in conceptualizing the company’s competitive position in its marketplace.

Assess the company’s international performance in light of Cultural Barriers, Monetary Exchange Rates, and Political Instability.
Assess the financial performance and condition of the
Operational budget: Research and assess the company’s operational budget.
Assess the performance in terms of key performance indicators.
In your analysis, be sure to include profitability ratios relevant to your analysis.

Debt to Equity ratio
Debt to Assets ratio

Based on the data, evaluate the overall current financial condition of the company.

Support your analysis by referring to the company data
Create a three year end trend analysis

Assess how your Operational Budget analysis affects your three-year strategic plan.
Recommend an organizational structure in terms of the organizational design as defined in Abraham (2012) section 2.6.
Assess the impact of the strategic plan on the organizational culture.
Strategic Goals: Create measurable core strategic goals for each of the three to four areas addressed from the SWOT analysis, addressing any contingencies associated with the strategies you are recommending and prioritizing them according to ease of achievement and time to completion.
Recommend marketing positions and opportunities for growth in your strategic plan
Add specific language to the strategic plan that addresses the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility
Explain your plan to measure the success of your strategic plan
Submit the Strategic Plan to the instructor.

Technology has changed our world as well as how we teach and learn. Describe how technology has changed your personal life.

Technology has changed our world as well as how we teach and learn. Describe how technology has changed your personal life. Use the following prompts to guide your original response. What technologies do you use daily? Which technology would you hate to do without? Has this influx of technology changed the way you learn? Has technology changed the way you teach? Do you feel technology has changed the way students learn?

Write an essay about an intriguing person in the local area. Observe your subject closely, and then present what you have learned in a way that both informs and engages readers.

Write an essay about an intriguing person in the local area. Observe your subject closely, and then present what you have learned in a way that both informs and engages readers. You will need to interview your subject as well as observe them in action. You should focus the profile on a specific theme about the person; it is not a complete biography of the person’s life. Suggestions: Anyone with an unusual job or hobby, someone who has overcome hardship, someone who is an outcast, someone who makes an important contribution to the community.