In fiscal year , Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) had revenue of billion, gross profit of billion, and net income of billion. Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) had revenue of billion, gross profit of billion, and net income of billion. a. Compare the gross margins for Walmart and Costco. b. Compare the net profit margins for Walmart and Costco. c. Which firm was more profitable in ?

Suppose that the u.s. dollars-mexican pesos exchange rate is fixed by the u.s. and mexican governments. assume also that labor is mobile between the united states and mexico due to low transportation costs.which of the following situations is likely to happen as a result of a simultaneous increase in the demand for u.s. goods and decrease in the demand for mexican goods? (pick mexican unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained u.s. unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but it soon drops as unemployed mexicans move to the united states for mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but then it drops as mexican pesos depreciate against u.s. dollars.