Company X has net sales revenue of $1,259,000, cost of goods sold of $776,500, and all other expenses of $301,000. The beginning balance of stockholders' equity is $510,000 and the beginning balance of fixed assets is $372,000. The ending balance of stockholders' equity is $875,000 and the ending balance of fixed assets is $400,000. Required: Compute the return on equity (ROE) ratio.

When a government sees that local industry is threatened by imports, it can threaten to erect import barriers to stop or reduce these imports. this is an example of a driver of international business activity?

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

What would you do as ceo to support the goals of japan airlines during the challenging economics that airlines face?