The desire for floating-rate bonds, and consequently their increased usage, arose out of the experience of the early 1980s, when inflation pushed interest rates up to very high levels and thus caused sharp declines in the prices of outstanding bonds.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Suppose a company selling in various country markets makes statements such as "we know what the customer wants, and he or she will have to pay for it." This is an indication of a(n) ________ approach to setting prices
A) ethnocentric B) polycentric C) regiocentric D) geocentric E) adaptation
Liquidity ratios can be used:
a. to measure the degree of protection of long-term suppliers of funds. b. to measure borrowing capacity. c. to measure the earning ability of a firm. d. to measure the firm's ability to meet its current obligations. e. to measure the worth of the firm.
Analysts deciding between investments must consider the comparative risks. Which of the following factors affect the risk of business firms?
a. Economy-wide factors, such as increased inflation or interest rates, unemployment, and recessions. b. Industry-wide factors, such as increased competition, lack of availability of raw materials, changes in technology, and increased government regulatory actions, such as anti-trust or clean environment policies. c. Firm-specific factors, such as labor strikes, loss of facilities due to fire or other casualty, and poor health of key managerial personnel. d. The amount of liquid resources available to the firm to run smoothly and effectively. e. all of the above
Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from enacting_____ laws that make a person criminally responsible for an act that was committed before the act was made a crime
Fill in the blanks with correct word