Assume colgate-palmolive reports the following dollar balances in its retained earnings account.($ millions) 2015 2014retained earnings $18,528 $18,388
during 2015, colgate-palmolive reported net income of $2,050 million.
a. what amount of dividends, if any, did colgate-palmolive pay to its stockholders in 2015?
b. what percent of its net income did colgate-palmolive pay out as dividends in 2015? round to the nearest whole percentage.

Why do police officers get paid less than professional baseball players?

Catherine de bourgh has one child, anne, who is 18 years old at the end of the year. anne lived at home for seven months during the year before leaving home to attend state university for the rest of the year. during the year, anne earned $6,000 while working part time. catherine provided 80 percent of anne's support and anne provided the rest. which of the following statements regarding whether anne is catherine's qualifying child for the current year is correct? a.anne is a qualifying child of catherine.b.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the gross income test.c.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the residence test.d.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the support test.

Beranek corp has $720,000 of assets, and it uses no debt--it is financed only with common equity. the new cfo wants to employ enough debt to raise the debt/assets ratio to 40%, using the proceeds from borrowing to buy back common stock at its book value. how much must the firm borrow to achieve the target debt ratio? a. $273,600b. $288,000c. $302,400d. $317,520e. $333,396