Karla's Boutique hired a temporary salesperson through a staffing firm. The salesperson is on the payroll of the staffing firm. After three months, the manager of the boutique asked the staffing firm to replace the salesperson with someone of another race. The replaced salesperson decides to file a case of racial discrimination. Which of the following is true of this scenario?A. The salesperson cannot bring a case against the staffing firm because it did not initiate the discriminatory action.
B. The staffing firm alone will be held liable for discrimination because third parties cannot be held liable for violation of Title VII.
C. The salesperson cannot bring a legal case against Karla's Boutique because she is an employee of the staffing firm.
D. Karla's Boutique can be held liable for discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Right Act.

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?