Microsoft issues a four year, floating-rate bond for the amount of $100 Million. It pays annually to bondholders. Because Microsoft would prefer to have a fixed rate payment, it enters into a SWAP with Citibank. Year LIBOR (%) Fixed-Rate payments to Citibank Floating-Rate payments from Citibank Net payment to Citibank Payment to bondholders Net payment by Microsoft 1 4 4 2 3 2 5 5 1 4 3 6 6 0 5 4 7 7 -1 6 a) Explain the conditions of this SWAP b) Which is the final fixed rate that Microsoft has to pay?

Maldonia has a comparative advantage in the production of , while lamponia has a comparative advantage in the production of . suppose that maldonia and lamponia specialize in the production of the goods in which each has a comparative advantage. after specialization, the two countries can produce a total of million pounds of lemons and million pounds of coffee.

An electronics store is running a promotion where for every video game purchased, the customer receives a coupon upon checkout to purchase a second game at a 50% discount. the coupons expire in one year. the store normally recognized a gross profit margin of 40% of the selling price on video games. how would the store account for a purchase using the discount coupon?

1. what is the amount of interest earned after two years on a $100 deposit paying 4 percent simple interest annually? $8.00 $4.08 $8.16 $4.00 2. what is the amount of compound interest earned after three years on a $100 deposit paying 8 percent interest annually? $24.00 $8.00 $16.64 $25.97 3. a business just took out a loan for $100,000 at 10% interest. if the business pays the loan off in three months, how much did the business pay in interest? $2,500.00 $10.00 $250.00 $10,000.00 4. what is the annual percentage yield (apy) for a deposit paying 5 percent interest with monthly compounding? 5.00% 5.12% 79.59% 0.42%