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2. The PZK Co will take out a forward exchange contract, the foreign exchange contract is define as an agreement of two sides to determine in a specified amount of currency exchange on a valid date. The advantages of PZK Co use forward contracts are that, the company can hedge their imports by locking the currency rate, to avoid the unfavourable exchange rate and fluctuations thus the company can make use of the forward contract to ensure the exchange rate is fixed at the deal day. Moreover, the…

SWOT Analysis of two banks SWOT analysis is a list of the business greatest strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Conduct SWOT analysis of the business that will not take a lot of time, doing it forces you to think about your business in new way. My duty in this TMA doing SWOT analysis between the two banks, one of which is a national bank headquartered in Oman named Bank Muscat and the other is appointed by us international Bank ICICI is located in India with more than 19 office…

2 BACKGROUND Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational financial institution headquartered in London (England). Sir John Peace is the chairman of the board and Bill Winters is the group CEO. In India, Standard Chartered Bank (S.C.B.) has been in operation since 1858 and is India’s largest international bank with 99 branches in 42 cities . The bank’s Indian operations are headed by Sunil Kaushal (CEO) and is headquartered in Mumbai. 3 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO STANDARD…

Figure 4.1 – Influence of the tax on the price of cigarettes Figure 4.1 illustrates the rising of the price as a result of the increasing tax. Market equilibrium moves from the point E0 to the E1. At this level of price, quantity reduces from Q0 to Q1. Price grows from P0 to P1. Consequently, the supply and demand model illustrates, that imposing a higher tax helps to reduce sales of cigarettes. Taxes burden affects more that category of the market which has a less price elasticity. That’s why…

Hindered the Struggle to End FGM: International efforts to eradicate FGM, are often done with the intention of helping to abolish this harmful practice, but have instead hindered the struggle to end FGM. FGM gained international attention after Fran Hosken’s 1979 report, however this report created a victim-savior dichotomy that hindered the struggle to end FGM. Within Hosken’s report the women in communities that practiced FGM were characterized as ignorant or helpless (Wade, 2009,1). In her…

Meanwhile, in recent weeks, it has become increasingly evident that Fed Chair Yellen is keen to avoid her legacy being judged as a disappointment via her inability to raise the federal funds rate. She has duly taken note of the failures of other central banks to raise their policy rates away from zero. As recently as last December, Fed Chair Yellen was confident the federal funds rate could be raised without causing…

Introduction The financial crisis of 2007-2008 hit the United States hard. Many large financial institutions hovered near the edge of collapse, others tumbled to ruin, stock markets plummeted and housing markets suffered. Its aftershocks rippled across the globe, starting a four-year global economic recession, contributing to sovereign debt problems in the Eurozone and stunting international trade. However, perhaps the most acute effects of the crisis were felt by your everyday Jane Does and…

The society of today faces a dangerous problem, and that is the panopticon that is known as the bank. The banks of today are created in a way to be both a physical panopticon, an authoritarian panopticon, and a financial panopticon. The banks of the United States and the rest of the world control the actions of our life in a way that seems to infiltrate everyday activities and actions. Not only do banks form a physical panopticon because of their high-level surveillance, but they form a…

Introduction: Most economists have been concerned about the relationship between inflation and the economic growth, for a very long period of time. The combination of the two, that is inflation and economic growth, they distinguish the variables of macro-economic. Inflation has a negative impact on the growth of the country; the South African statistics has proven that. I will be discussing that in details. Firstly, Inflation is simply defined as a situation where prices are perpetually and…

problems in their lands. To begin, the Mongols were a strong nomadic powerhouse located originally in the East steppes of Central Asia through the 13th and 14th century. They spent their time in the grassy steppes growing a strong group of people who were skilled archers, equestrians, and strong conquerors. They were…