Answer:Please Refer to the explanation section
Explanation:
The question has insufficient information, we are supposed to be studying the diagram to determine outlier countries with poorest international shipping logistics. i have consulted the International Shipping Logistic performance index 2018 to find poorest countries in terms of international shipping logistics. according to the world bank countries like Zimbabwe, Lesotho , Syrian Arab Leon , Sierra Leon and Niger are some of the poorest countries when incomes to international shipping
Challenges Faced by these countries.
- Challenge of being land locked.
Countries like Zimbabwe , Niger and Lesotho face great challenges in international shipping logistics because they are land locked. any Political instabilities in the neighbouring countries affect they logistics businesses directly because the need entry to other countries to transport goods
Countries like Syrian Arab Republic, Somalia and Sierra Leon suffer from Political instability which makes it difficult for the to trade with other countries.
The rationale for internal control principle, segregation of duties is that the work of one employee should, without duplication of effort, provide a reliable basis for evaluating the work of another employee. Segregation of Duties is a basic building block of sustainable risk management and internal controls for business. It is based on shared responsibilities of a key process that disperses the critical functions of that process to more than one person or department.
Answer:
No, because they violated the duty of care
Explanation:
Business judgement rule is a provision that protects the management of a business from frivolous legal action concerning the way it does business.
The court assumes that the management acts in good faith in its fiduciary role, standard of loyalty, prudence, and care.
Duty of care is breached when the management do not make reasonable effort to prevent injury or loss.
In this instance Signal board is not protected by the business judgement rule because they violated duty of care.
Although the offer by Burmah oil is above the valuation a month ago, the board did not bother to do a present valuation or find out if other companies want to buy the subsidiary at a higher price.
Answer:
A) market interest rates are high and falling
Explanation:
Bonds and interest rates have an indirect relationship. When interest rates rise, bond prices tend to fall.
Bonds pay interests on a fixed rate. When market interest rates are rising, investors will prefer investing in other options due their high return as opposed to the fixed returns from bonds. Bonds become less attractive, leading to a decline in prices.
Buying Bonds when the interests are rising means buying at a cheaper rate. When interest rates start falling, bond prices will rise again due to their inverse relationship.
Capital gains occur when an investment is bought at a lower price and sold at a higher price. Buying bonds when interests rate is high and selling when interests are low will lead to capital gains.