There are two companies, A (US) and B (Germany). Company A is looking to hedge some of its Euro exposure by borrowing Euros. And company B is seeking dollars to finance some projects in the US. Both companies want the equivalent of 100$ millions. In order to improve their borrowing conditions they decide to borrow in their own currencies and then swap the debt-service obligations. Current spot rate of $1.4/€, and both companies want to borrow at fixed rate. Assume next figures: - Company A is paying 6 million $/year of interest rate. - Company A can issue euro-denominated debt at 7.5%. - Company B is paying 4.71 Million €/year of interest rate. - Company B can issue dollar-denominated debt at 7.3%. a) Which is the net profit of SWAP for each company?

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

What part of the rational model of decision-making does the former business executive “elliott” have a problem completing?