Lisa changes her filing status on last years tax return, and her standard deduction went up. Which of these could have been the change she made? "Single" to "head of household". Due to Lisa becoming head of household, she is able to claim her family as a deduction.
Answer: D. If one country creates all the reserves it can prevent other countries from trading.
Explanation:
<em>Ditching the Dollar</em> refers to a movement by nations to reduce the dependence on the US. dollar for transactions.
The USD is the major currency for trade around the world with it accounting for the currency of use in more than 50% of the entire World trade. This was due to the Bretton Woods Agreement and System which at the time pegged the USD to gold and other currencies at certain value to the USD.
The influence the USD gained that day continues today. Countries however are increasing becoming fed up by the United States using the Dollar to impose trade restrictions and sanctions on countries and then requiring everyone to fall in line because trades are mostly done in the currency controlled by the US, the USD.
For instance, when sanctions were imposed on Iran, the European Union looked for alternative means of payment for Iranian oil.
Ditching the Dollar therefore argues that having multiple reserve currencies to choose from is healthy because one country will not be able to control world trade as the US has.
Answer:
For centuries the guideline for business transactions was the Latin term “caveat emptor” (let the buyer beware). This principle suggests that the seller is not responsible for the buyer’s welfare. In other words such principle gives the buyer the sole responsibility for checking the quality and suitability of the goods that he is buying from the seller before making a final purchase.
Answer:
An opportunity.
Explanation:
Businesses conduct a SWOT analysis when they want to identify their internal weaknesses and strengths, it is also used to identify external opportunity and threats.
Firms use the analysis to develop a competitive strategy in the market by taking advantage of opportunities presented while mitigating risk posed by threats in the industry.
In this scenario Hutchinson Essar obtained a 5.6% stake in Airtel fr Vodafone. This transaction resulted in movement of knowledge and technology previously available to Airtel to one of its competitors.
This was an opportunity for Hutchinson Essar.
