Based on the following companies in the U.S stock market .

(i) STI

(II) SBUX

(III) EBAY

(IV) BMO

(V) CM

(VI) FR

(VII) VMI

(VIII) SKX

(IX) HPQ

(X) VIOT

what are the following for each holding in the portfolio ?

(a) Each company profile

(b) Ticker

   (c) Name

   (d) key ratios

Based on the following companies in the U.S stock market .

(i) AMD

(II) CSCO

(III) TGT

(IV) FCX

(V) IBM

(VI) MSFT

(VII) NKE

(VIII) ORCL

(IX) PEP

(X) PG

what are the following for each holding in the portfolio ?

(a) Each company profile

(b) Ticker

   (c) Name

   (d) key ratios

Based on the following companies in the U.S stock market .

(i) AMD

(II) CSCO

(III) TGT

(IV) FCX

(V) IBM

(VI) MSFT

(VII) NKE

(VIII) ORCL

(IX) PEP

(X) PG

what are the following for each holding in the portfolio ?

(a) Each company profile

(b) Ticker

   (c) Name

   (d) key ratios

Introduction to Business

1. Describe the benefits of using contingent workers/temporary employees from the perspectiive of the worker AND the company.

2. Recently, an economist at the Universtiry of Maryland stated that traditional cycles of the U.S ecomony (e.g. recession, depression, recovery, boom) may not be as predictable because of the evolution and change in the sectors of the economy. What is his rationale for making this statement.

Question 8 . On January 1, 2008, T Systems, a U.S.-based company, purchased a controlling interest in G Company located in Paris, France Direct exchange rates for Euros are: Dollars per Euro January 1, 2008 $.92 December 31, 2008 .87 Average for 2008 .76 Dividend declaration and payment date .80 Required: Translate the year-end balance sheet and income statement of the foreign subsidiary using the temporal rate method of translation. Euros Translation Income Statement Rate U.S. Dollars Revenue 75,000 Operating expenses: depreciation (3,000) Operating expenses: other (27,000) Translation loss Net income 45,000 Retained earnings 1/1 10,000 55,000 Dividends (15,000) Retained earnings 12/31 40,000 Balance Sheet Cash and receivables 55,000 Net property, plant, equipment 37,000 Total assets 92,000 Accounts payable 32,000 Common stock 20,000 Retained earnings 40,000 Total liab. & equity 92,000

The below transactions concerns Ford Company for the year 2012:

1. On May31^st,2012, Ford company purchased a long-term investment related to Motro Companyfor $12 millionas trading securities, of 8% quoted bonds. On the same date the business acquired $15million of Cora Company shares as available-for sale security and purchased Treasury bonds for $3 million, from Samsuc Company hoping to generate profit in short period of time.

2. On November 15^th, 2012, Ford company sold the Samsuc Treasury bonds for $4 million.

3. On December 31^st, 2012, record the necessary adjusting entry(s) and closing entries related to the investments. The market prices of the investments are:

Motro Company      $11.5 million

Cora Company          $16 million

Samsuc Company     $5 million

Required:

1. Record transaction number (3) presenting the necessary adjusting entries.
2. Indicate any amounts that Ford would report in its 2012 statement of financial position and income statement as result of these investments.

In 2018, the company made improvement to leased office space in the amount of $46,978. At that time, the remaining term on the lease was 7 years with renewals of 2 and 3 years.

In 2020, further improvements were made to the leased space in the amount of $68,094.

Calculate the maximum impact on business income from leasehold improvements.

The human resources department needs to forecast the number of sexual harassement investigations for the entire company. The data for several months is supplied below. Be careful since the data is listed beginning with the most recent. The forecasting method to be used here is the 4 month weighted moving average adjusting for seasonality where the weights, starting with the most recent time period, are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1. Again, you must find the seasonality factors for the data. Please round your forecast to the nearest whole number.