. a. Computer stocks currently provide an expected rate of return of 16%. MBI, a large computer company, will pay a year-end dividend of $2 per share. If the stock is selling at $50 per share, what must be the market’s expectation of the growth rate of MBI dividends? b. If dividend growth forecasts for MBI are revised downward to 5% per year, what will happen to the price of MBI stock? c. What (qualitatively) will happen to the company’s price–earnings ratio?

Match the situations that will develop one's personality and those that won't peter is surrounded by friends who are always encouraging him jonathan always watches television when he wants to take a break from his books libby sets small targets for herself and strives to achieve them. the smiths indulge in an animated discussion on varied topics every evening after dinner. brook loves junk food and exercises once in a while. develops your personality develops doesn't develop your personality

Exercise 2-12 cost behavior; high-low method [lo2-3, lo2-4] speedy parcel service operates a fleet of delivery trucks in a large metropolitan area. a careful study by the company’s cost analyst has determined that if a truck is driven 120,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost is 11.6 cents per mile. if a truck is driven only 80,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost increases to 13.6 cents per mile. required: 1.& 2. using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of truck operation. (round the "variable cost per mile" to 3 decimal places.)

What legislation increased the ability for federal authorities to tap telephones and wireless devices, tightened the enforcement of money laundering activities, as well as broadened powers toward acts of terrorism and acts such as drug trafficking?