Pick your favorite currency (not USD) and plot its exchange rate against the USD for the last 20 years. You can obtain historical exchange rate information on Yahoo Finance. It is okay to have a shorter time interval if the currency you picked does not have a 20-year history. Comment on major shifts in the exchange rate given economic and political events in the country of your choice and the United States. Attach the history of the exchange rate.

China is one of the most popular investment destinations in the world. Throughout much of the 1990s, China accounted for 50% of foreign direct investment (FDI) going into developing countries and between 1994 and 1997, China was the second largest recipient of FDI in the world, after the United States. Do you think the recent corporate tax cuts in the U.S. and the changes in tariff rates in both countries could affect FDI in China? Why? How? What about the FDI in the U.S.?

1) Do you think that a partner who decided to move from one area to another will affect a relationship? How do you support the partner’s dream and deal with the scenario?

2) Societies with skewed sex ratios tend to be unstable. Please use current U.S. Census to provide sex ratio in the United States, sex ratio in New Jersey and in Los Angeles. How do you predict population change and interracial relationship in future? Why?

Human population size underlies nearly every environmental problem that the planet faces. The environmental problems I am referring to are global warming, deforestation, water and air pollution to name a few. China is noteworthy in establishing limits on the number of children a couple can have as a way of limiting population growth in their nation. Should we consider similar measures in the United States given the growing numbers of people in our country and the idea that natural resources are limited?

1. A case study of NAFTA, with regard to the benefits for Canada from U.S. trade, found that:

   1. (A) Canada was not able to increase its exports due to barriers still remaining.

   2. (B) Canada had modest gains but was harmed by immigration into the United States from Mexico.

   3. (C) Canada had more trade diversion than trade creation and so was harmed overall.

   4. (D) Canada had more trade creation than trade diversion and so benefited overall.

1. A case study of NAFTA, with regard to the benefits for Canada from U.S. trade, found that:

   1. (A) Canada was not able to increase its exports due to barriers still remaining.

   2. (B) Canada had modest gains but was harmed by immigration into the United States from Mexico.

   3. (C) Canada had more trade diversion than trade creation and so was harmed overall.

   4. (D) Canada had more trade creation than trade diversion and so benefited overall.

1.) Among the medical treatments for lupus, which of these has no known long-term health implications or negative secondary effects?

   a.   corticosteroids

   b.   NSAIDs

   c.   antimalarial drugs

d. immunosuppresssant medications

2.) Which of the following describes chronic fatigue syndrome?

   a.   usually diagnosed in childhood

   b.   most frequently diagnosed in women

   c.   more likely to be found in individuals of higher levels of education

   d.   occurs in up to 15% of the population in the United States

3. How do the structural-functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist perspectives view the nature, causes, and consequences of economic inequality, wealth, and/or poverty?

4. What are some of the patterns that characterize the wealthy “1 percent” as well as patterns of poverty?

5. What are some of the international and U.S. strategies aimed at reducing poverty and economic inequality?

6. What are some of the U.S. public assistance and welfare programs, and what are some of the myths about welfare in the United States?

1. What is operations management and how has it evolved since World War II in the United States?

2. What impacts have technology and the global economy played on operations management?

3. How does operations management help firms compete?

4. Why are business units bundling manufacturing with services in their market offerings?

5. Describe Value Added Chain Management. Why is it important to an organization? How does it impact an enterprise’s competitive edge?

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