Consider a bond with coupon rate 5.5% maturing 12/31/2008, trading at 100:18 for settlement 06/30/2006. Assume you purchase the bond on 06/30/2006 and you sell it on 12/31/2007. If the semi-annual reinvestment rate of the coupon payment is 3% and the semi-annual yield on 12/31/2007 for this bond is 2%, what is the semi-annual rate of return on your holding of this bond? A. Between 2.5% and 3.5% B. Smaller than 1.5% C. Between 1.5% and 2.5% D. Larger than 3.5%

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1. the sum of all activities involved in getting high-quality products into the marketplace

2.operations

3. the principle of looking at the supply chain as a whole in order to improve the overall flow through the system.

4. produced; performed

5. activities producing tangible products, such as radios, newspapers, buses, and textbooks.

6. activities producing intangible and tangible products, such as entertainment, transportation, and education.

7.   customer focus

8. analyzing a competitor's products to identify desirable improvements

9. the systematic direction and control of the processes that transform resources into finished projects that create value for and provide benefits to consumers.

10. operation management.

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