what do you think can be done from a motivational perspective to mitigate the obesity epidemic in the United States? When answering this question, try to base your response on scientific evidence rather than your personal feelings (a little of both is ok, but try to balance your personal opinion with facts). Here is some more information if you are interested: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

current challenges for Australian MNC investing abroad. Given the current U.S. trade protectionism policy, which creates trade frictions with China, Japan, the European Union, Canada, Australia and Mexico, please illustrate the main risks associated with an Australian MNC which plans to create a subsidiary in countries and regions such as the United States, China, Japan and the European Union (pick only one country/region to discuss).

1. What need(s) does the family fill within your cultural context? You may write about your experiences in the United States or your experiences in any other country in which you have had experience. Describe interrelationships you see between family and one other institution in your culture of choice. Discuss any pressures toward social change exhibited in this institution.

You are the CFO of a US firm whose wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico manufactures component parts for your U.S. assembly operations. The subsidiary has been financed by bank borrowings in the United States. One of your analysts told you that the Mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the next year. What actions, if any, should you take?

Suppose that the United States and Canada can each produce two products: lumber and beef.

Create a table like the one below, showing labor requirements per unit of output for each country. (Hint: Choose numbers for each country that are easily divisible by one another.)

Labor Requirements per Unit of Output United States Canada Lumber Beef What does absolute advantage mean?

How do you calculate absolute advantage? In what output(s) does the U.S. have an absolute advantage?

Explain using the data from your table. In what output(s) does Canada have an absolute advantage?

Explain using the data from your table. What does comparative advantage mean? How do you calculate comparative advantage? In what output(s) does the U.S. have a comparative advantage? Explain using the data from your table. In what output(s) does Canada have a comparative advantage? Explain using the data from your table. What product should each country export? Why?

1. What are the three basic functions of money? Describe how rapid inflation can undermine money’s ability to perform each of the three functions.

2. Which two of the following financial institutions offer checkable deposits included within the M1 money supply: mutual fund companies; insurance companies; commercial banks; securities firms; thrift institutions? Which of the following items is not included in either M1 or M2: currency held by the public; checkable deposits; money market mutual fund balances; small-denominated (less than $100,000) time deposits; currency held by banks; savings deposits?

3. What “backs” the money supply in the United States? What determines the value (domestic purchasing power) of money? How does the purchasing power of money relate to the price level? Who in the United States is responsible for maintaining money’s purchasing power?

4. How is the chairperson of the Federal Reserve System selected? Describe the relationship between the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. What is the purpose of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)? What is its makeup?

As controller of the Parent Company who is ready to prepare financial statements, you have the following information:

1. You, the Parent Company, have 141 subsidiaries or investees.
2. 80 of these subsidiaries are located in the United States and are 100% owned and controlled by you (the Parent.)
3. 20 of these companies are located in the United States but you only own 30% of the company.
4. 40 of these subsidiaries are 100% owned and are located in the European Union, which uses IFRS as the accounting framework. 38 of these 40 subsidiaries use the Euro to denominate their financial statements; 2 of the 40 subsidiaries do not use the Euro; one uses the Polish Złoty PLN and the other uses the Danish krone to denominate financial statements.
5. One 100% owned subsidiary is in Switzerland which allows IFRS or U.S. GAAP to be used as the accounting framework. Financial statements are denominated in the Swiss Franc.

REQUIRED: What are the steps you would use (the Parent Company) to prepare consolidated financial statements for the parent company, the 121 100% owned subsidiaries, and the 20 companies in which you are heavily invested. [Consider IFRS, foreign currency; NCI, and anything else you think is pertinent.]

Houston-based Advanced Electronics manufactures audio speakers for desktop computers. The following data relate to the period just ended when the company produced and sold 41,000 speaker sets: Sales $ 3,280,000 Variable costs 820,000 Fixed costs 2,310,000 Management is considering relocating its manufacturing facilities to northern Mexico to reduce costs. Variable costs are expected to average $20.00 per set; annual fixed costs are anticipated to be $1,990,000. (In the following requirements, ignore income taxes.) Required: 1. Calculate the company’s current income and determine the level of dollar sales needed to double that figure, assuming that manufacturing operations remain in the United States. 2. Determine the break-even point in speaker sets if operations are shifted to Mexico. 3. Assume that management desires to achieve the Mexican break-even point; however, operations will remain in the United States. a. If variable costs remain constant, by how much must fixed costs change? b. If fixed costs remain constant, by how much must unit variable cost change? 4. Determine the impact (increase, decrease, or no effect) of the following operating changes.