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An analyst has calculated the following ratios for a company:
The company’s return on equity (ROE) is closestto:
A.4.8%.
B.15.2%.
C.22.7%.
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The dollar also dipped to a nearly five-year low against the yen, but later regained ground.
Yesterday, the euro rose to $1.3329 in early trading before dipping back to $1.3290 later in New York. The euro topped $1.32 for the first time the day before in European trading. US markets were closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The dollar also traded near its lowest levels since December 1999 against the Japanese yen yesterday, slipping to 102.56 yen, down from 102.81 late Wednesday in New York.
One reason the euro has kept rising is a lack of concerted action by central banks to support the dollar by selling holdings of the other major currencies.
"$1.35 is definitely on the cards now, as for how soon we'll get there, I'm not sure," said Riz Din, a currency analyst with Barclay's Capital in London.
"It increasingly looks as if, despite weaker data in the euro area, the prospects for intervention, are very, very low at current rates."
The latest dollar collapse, fueled by concerns over the US trade and budget deficits, has taken the euro from around $1.20 about two months ago.
Because the euro's rise tends to make European products more expensive, European leaders have voiced fears that it might hurt the continent's export-driven economic recovery. The European Central Bank's president has called the rapid increase "brutal".
But the dollar's weakness is good news for US exporters, helping make American products less expensive overseas.
Commerzbank economist Michael Schubert said speculation against the dollar was making its slide "a bit faster than I had expected".
"Obviously, it's difficult to stop the train," Mr. Schubert said in Frankfurt. A combination of intervention by central banks and positive US economic data could apply the brakes, he added.
Economists say the European Central Bank (ECB) is wary of intervening in the currency markets on its own and the United States Would be unlikely to join in such a move.
According to the text, the dollar
A．has reached its lowest level against euro yesterday.
B．was lower than euro in the past four continuous days.
C．is still staying in a worse position than the yen.
D．kept failing despite the central bank's adoption of active measures.
A.not violated the Standard V (A).
B.violated the Standard by including quantitative details in the report.
C.violated the Standard by not testing the model himself.
Why Companies Now Favour Cash
A．Cheap and plentiful credit has powered the US economy for decades. But since the fi- nancial crisis of 2008， America has gone on a drastic debt diet. Just as families are pay- ing down credit-card debt and building up cash reserves， businesses large and small are learning to operate in an environment where cash once again is king. The economic shift has been dramatic; bank lending has dropped at a frightening rate. In 2009 the banking system notched （刻数） the largest decline in loans in the history of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Meanwhile， the amount of commercial and industrial loans has fallen 19 percent since the fall of 2008 —— back to the level of late 2006. Even the finan- cial sector has cut way back on debt.
B．Sorry about credit bubble， both companies and individuals spent and invested based on expectations of what they could borrow. Now they"re hoarding cash. The savings rate， near zero in 2007， rose to 3.3 percent in January. At the end of the September in 2009， the 376 members of the S&P 500 that aren"t utilities or financial firms had a record $820 billion in cash in their coffers （金库）， up more than 20 percent from the year be- fore， according to Standard & Poor"s.
C．The conventional wisdom holds that the tightening of credit is an obstacle to recovery. And for many businesses， especially small ones， the inability to pay off old debt or open new lines of credit can hinder expansion plans. But the economy isn"t fueled by debt alone. After all， in 2009， the economy experienced a sharp turn， from shrinking at a rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter to growing at a rate of 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter —— all while private- sector credit reduced. More broadly， the embrace of cash could be beneficial. During the go- go years， it was common to hear theorists talk about the "discipline of debt".
D．On paper， high debt loads force managers （and homeowners） to make tough， swift decisions to stay solvent （有偿付能力的）. Break the contact， and you lose the company （or the house）. In reality， overextended （周转不灵的） borrowers are more likely to walk away from mortgages， or push companies into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Amer- icans are now discovering that cash exerts a superior discipline. The real discipline of cash may be that it causes executives， consumers， and investors to think twice —— and to think about the long-term consequences —— before spending. The need for instant satis- faction is part of what created the current mess.
E. The ability to adapt rapidly remains one of America"s competitive advantages. And since the onset of the financial crisis， both consumers and businesses have embraced the new real- ity. After digging themselves out of $20，000 in debt in 2007， Susarmah Fater， her husband David —— a district manager at Staples —— and their four children did something radical: they became an all-cash household. "Bills like groceries， gas， and allowance are taken out every month and put into envelopes so that we know exactly where we are financially，" says Su- sannah. Consumer-oriented firms have pivoted （以……为中心旋转） rapidly to service new pay-as-you-go consumers like the Faters. ELayaway.com， based in Tallahassee， Fla.， and founded in 2005， offers its 75，000 customers the ability to buy products on installment plans （up to 13 months） from 1，000 merchants， including Apple and Amazon.com. The typical purchase is an electronics item with an average cost of $440 and a four-month payment term.
Cofounder Sergio Pinon notes the rise of a category of customers eLayaway calls "planners"，who pay for next winter"s snowblowers this summer.
F. Texas electricity provider First Choice Power in January launched a prepaid service called Control First. "In Texas， there are about a million households who have slim credit or no credit at all，" says company president Brian Hayduk. Without requiring a deposit or credit， customers are permitted to prepurchase a set amount of electricity —— say $100 per month.
The company installs a smart meter that lets people know how much they"ve used —— which spurs customers to manage their energy use more intelligently.
G. The rise of the cash economy has made businesses hesitant to make the type of capital expenditures they used to fund with debt —— big-ticket items like factories， expensive equipment， and new buildings. But it has made them more receptive to companies that offer efficiency and saving with little money down. At Boston-based EnerNOC， reve- nues nearly doubled last year. EnerNOC has two lines of business. On behalf of electric utilities， they supports companies that agree to reduce electricity use at times of peak demand in exchange for cash payments. And it installs submeters to measure buildings" energy consumption in microscopic detail， and then suggests ways to reduce demand.
"We sell the software and guarantee we"ll identify energy-savings opportunities worth twice what they pay us on an annual basis，" says CEO Tim Healy. "It"s very capital- light." In 2009 the number of company employees rose from about 330 to more than 400， and it projected revenue growth of $75 million （nearly 40 percent） in 2010.
H. Before the deluge， companies and investors chose the easy path of gaining returns by us- ing their balance sheet —— they"d borrow money to pay a dividend， or to purchase another company. But financial engineering has given way to business engineering. Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts， the huge leveraged-buyout firm that made profits through financial strategies during the credit boom， has built up a staff of in-house retail executives who work with com- panies" it owns， such as Dollar General and Toys "R" Us. Just as there are fewer no-money- down mortgages in the housing market， many of today"s buyouts are significantly less lever- aged. Since transactions that use less debt and more cash are less likely to go bankrupt， the greater use of cash is a basis for a more stable， more rational financial system. Stephen Ka- plan， a professor at the University of Chicago business school， notes that returns are poor for buyout fimds that make highly leveraged acquisitions during credit booms. When cheap debt is available on easy terms， "they do more marginal deals."
I. Of course， a fine line separates conservation from hoarding， and careful saving from miserliness （吝啬）. For many financial executives， the wholesale collapse of the credit markets in the fall of 2008 induced the same reaction that the anti-drug movie Scared Straight used to create among teenagers. "There"s a greater focus on liquidity and the preservation of cash for the unexpected than you had in the past，" says Seth Gardner， executive director of the Centre for Financial Excellence at Duke University"s Fuqua School of Business. Yet there are signs that corporate America is beginning to loosen the purse strings. Investment in equipment and software rebounded at an 18.4 percent an- nual rate in the fourth quarter of 2009. And S&P analyst Howard Silverblatt predicts that companies will start utilising their record cash piles on stock buybacks， dividends， and capital expenditures once they"re convinced the recovery is real.
People‘s traditional idea about the credit is that the tightening of it prevents the eco-nomic recovery.
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A Bad Idea
Think you can walk, drive, take phone calls, e-mail and listen to music at the same time？
Well, New York&39;s new law says you can&39;t___ 46____ The law went into force last month, following research and a shocking number of accidents that involved people using electronic gadgets (小的机械) when crossing the street.
Who&39;s to blame？ ___47____ "We are under the impression that our brain can do more than it often can, " says Rene Marois, a neuroscientist (神经科学家) in Tennessee. "But a core limitation is the inability to concentrate on two things at once."
The young people are often considered the great multi-taskers.___48____ A group of 18-to 21-year-olds and a group of 35- to 39-year-olds were given 90 seconds to translate images into numbers, using a simple code.___49 ____But when both groups were interrupted by a phone call or an instant message, the older group matched the younger group in speed and accuracy.
It is difficult to measure the productivity lost by multi-taskers. But it is probably a lot.
Jonathan Spire, chief analyst at Basex, a business-research firm, estimates the cost of interruptions to the American economy at nearly $650 billion a year ___50____ The surveys conclude that 28 percent of the workers&39; time was spent on interruptions and recovery time before they returned to their main tasks.
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A.And you"ll be fined $100 if you do so on a New York City street.
B.Talking on a cell-phone while driving brings you joy anyway
C.The estimate is based on surveys with office workers.
D.The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted.
E.However， an Oxford University， research suggests this perception is open to question.
F.Scientists say that our multi-tasking （多任务处理） abilities are limited.
A．She has to meet a friend.
B．She has to fly to Argentina.
C．She has to attend a meeting.
D．She has to lunch with the man next week.
