The people who come into our stores are friendly and value this community. You have helped develop this positive attitude through your dedication to downtown redevelopment. Thank you again for the invitation. I will contact you next week regarding the date and time of our next grand opening ceremony. Sincerely, Becky Chen True or False: The opening of this message follows the writing plan for refusing routine requests. True False

Last year, johnson mills had annual revenue of $37,800, cost of goods sold of $23,200, and administrative expenses of $6,300. the firm paid $700 in dividends and had a tax rate of 35 percent. the firm added $2,810 to retained earnings. the firm had no long-term debt. what was the depreciation expense?

What is the sequence of events that could lead to trade surplus

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.