Kyoko's Performance Pizza is a small restaurant in Detroit that sells gluten-free pizzas. Kyoko's very tiny kitchen has barely enough room for the four ovens in which her workers bake the pizzas. Kyoko signed a lease obligating her to pay the rent for the four ovens for the next year. Because of this, and because Kyoko's kitchen cannot fit more than four ovens, Kyoko cannot change the number of ovens she uses in her production of pizzas in the short run. However, Kyoko's decision regarding how many workers to use can vary from week to week because her workers tend to be students. Each Monday, Kyoko lets them know how many workers she needs for each day of the week. In the short run, these workers are inputs, and the ovens are inputs.

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?

1. regarding general guidelines for the preparation of successful soups, which of the following statements is true? a. thick soups made with starchy vegetables may thin during storage. b. soups should be seasoned throughout the cooking process. c. finish a cream soup well before serving it to moderate the flavor. d. consommés take quite a long time to cool.

What legislation increased the ability for federal authorities to tap telephones and wireless devices, tightened the enforcement of money laundering activities, as well as broadened powers toward acts of terrorism and acts such as drug trafficking?