52-Week Price Stock (Div) Div Yld % PE Ratio Close Price Net Chg Hi Lo 77.40 10.43 Palm Coal .36 2.6 6 13.90 –.24 55.81 33.42 Lake Lead Grp 1.54 3.8 10 40.43 –.01 130.93 69.50 SIR 2.00 2.2 10 88.97 3.07 50.35 14.06 DR Dime .91 5.9 6 15.54 –.26 35.00 20.74 Candy Galore .32 1.5 28 ?.18 According to your research, the growth rate in dividends for DR Dime for the previous 10 years has been negative 12 percent. If investors feel this growth rate will continue, what is the required return for DR Dime stock?

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.