You have $4,000. the current interest rates on dollar- and pound-denominated deposits for 180-day maturity are i $ =0.02 and i £ =0.03, respectively. the current spot exchange rate is e=$2/£. assume that you don’t mind bearing foreign exchange risk. you expect the spot rate in 180 days to be $1.90/£. what strategy would you follow, and why? after 180 days, the actual spot rate turns out to be $1.80/£. are you with your decision?

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The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Selected transactions of the carolina company are listed below. classify each transaction as either an operating activity, an investing activity, a financing activity, or a noncash activity. 1. common stock is sold for cash above par value. 2. bonds payable are issued for cash at a discount