Consider Franco Co, the parent of a US-based multinational corporation (MNC) that uses forecasted exchange rates to assist with various business functions. Franco Co is deciding whether to deposit cash at a bank in the eurozone. The possible appreciation, or depreciation, of the euro affects the number of dollars the MNC ultimately receives. Franco Co uses a forecasted exchange rate of the euro to help them make a decision. This is an example of using exchange rate forecasting to assist with"financing in foreign currency; short-term investment; capital budgeting; short-term investment; hedging; earning assessment" decisions, with the goal of improving the value of the MNC via influencing the"the cost of capital; dollar value of foreign cash flows"

P8-4b dropping unfavorable division based on the following analysis of last year's operations of groves, inc., a financial vice president of the company believes that the firm's total net income could be increased by $160,000 if its design division were discontinued. (amounts are given in the thousands of dollars.) required provide answers for each of the following independent situations: a. assuming that total fixed costs and expenses would not be affected by discontinuing the design division, prepare an analysis showing why you agree or disagree with the vice president. b. assume that the discontinuance of the design division will enable the company to avoid 30% of the fixed portion of cost of services and 40% of the fixed operating expenses allocated to the design division. calculate the resulting effect on net income. c. assume that in addition to the cost avoidance in requirement (b), the capacity released by discontinuance of the design division can be used to provide 6,000 new services that would have a variable cost per service of $60 and would require additional fixed costs totaling $68,000. at what unit price must the new service be sold if groves is to increase its total net income by $180,000?