Cement.

siam cement, the bangkok-based cement manufacturer, suffered enormous losses with the coming of the asian crisis in 1997. the company had been pursuing a very aggressive growth strategy in the mid-1990s, taking on massive quantities of foreign-currency-denominated debt (primarily u. s. dollars). when the thai baht (b) was devalued from its pegged rate of

b25.925.9 /$

in july 1997, siam's interest payments alone were over $900 million on its outstanding dollar debt (with an average interest rate of

8.268.26 %

on its u. s. dollar debt at that time). assuming siam cement took out

$ 47$47

million in debt in june 1997 at

8.268.26 %

interest, and had to repay it in one year when the spot exchange rate had stabilized at

upper b 42.3 divided by $b42.3/$ ,

what was the foreign exchange loss incurred on the transaction?

the amount of the foreign exchange loss incurred on the transaction is? ? )

Which type of data does your company collect from customers or potential customers? a. positioning datab. market share datac. primary datad. secondary data select the best answer from the choices provided

The amberssen specialty company is a chain of twelve retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the toronto area. amberssen has an is staff of three people who have created a simple but effective information system of networked point-of-sale registers at the stores and a centralized accounting system at the company head- quarters. harry hilman, the head of amberssens is group, has just received the following memo from bill amberssen, sales director (and son of amberssen’s founder). harry—it’s time amberssen specialty launched itself on the internet. many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be there too. i project that we could double or triple our annual revenues by selling our products on the internet. i’d like to have this ready by - giving, in time for the prime holiday gift-shopping season. bill after pondering this memo for several days, harry scheduled a meeting with bill so that he could clarify bill’s vision of this venture. using the standard con- tent of a system request as your guide, prepare a list of questions that harry needs to have answered about this project.

Which of the following is an example of a positive externality? a. promoting generic drugs would benefit people. b. a lower inflation rate would benefit most consumers. c. compulsory flu shots for all students prevents the spread of illness in the general public. d. singapore has adopted a comprehensive savings plan for all workers known as the central provident fund.