1. starbucks has become a phenomenon worldwide, with more than 24,000 stores in more than 60 countries. sales are great even at relatively high prices for its products. this can perhaps be explained in the united states (and other wealthy markets), but how can starbucks’ success be explained by its foreign market entry in less developed and emerging markets? 2. do you expect that the growth of the number of starbucks stores worldwide will continue into more countries, or do you expect starbucks to focus on more stores in the foreign markets in which the company already has at least some stores already established? 3. with the ceo and driver of the company—howard schultz—stepping down as the company’s unques- tioned leader, do you expect starbucks to change its foreign market entry strategy in any way?

Unrecorded depreciation on the trucks at the end of the year is $40,000. the total amount of accrued interest expense at year-end is $6,000. the cost of unused office supplies still available at year-end is $2,000. 1. use the above information about the company’s adjustments to complete a 10-column work sheet. 2a. prepare the year-end closing entries for dylan delivery company as of december 31, 2017. 2b. determine the capital amount to be reported on the december 31, 2017 balance sheet.

Which type of data is generally stored in different file formats, such as text files, spreadsheets, and so on?

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.