The information content of a dividend increase generally signals that: a. the firm has a one-time surplus of cash. b. the firm has few, if any, net present value projects to pursue. c. management believes earnings growth will be strong going forward. d. the firm has more cash than it needs due to a decline in future orders. e. dividends thereafter will be lower.

When consumers discard their gasoline-powered automobiles for electric-powered ones, this partially reflects the of gasoline?

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is