Currency hedging Alpha and Omega are U. S. corporations. Alpha has a plant in Hamburg that imports components from the United States, assembles them, and then sells the finished product in Germany. Omega is at the opposite extreme. It also has a plant in Hamburg, but it buys its raw material in Germany and exports its output back to the United States. How is each firm likely to be affected by a fall in the value of the euro? How could each firm hedge itself against exchange risk?

Which one of the following statements is true? ddt does not prevent disease from passing from agricultural animals to humans. cost was a major factor in the united states government's decision to ban ddt. many african governments concluded that the potential long-term health effects of ddt were not as serious as the immediate problem of insect control. ddt cannot accumulate in the fat of animals. the ddt ban in the united states has made it very difficult to control agricultural insect pests.