A firm's earnings per share increased from $10 to $12, its dividends increased from $4 to $4.40, and its share price increased from $80 to $100. Given this information, it follows that _________.

A. the stock experienced a drop in its P/E ratio
B. the company had a decrease in its dividend payout ratio
C. both earnings and share price increased by 20%
D. the required rate of return increased


B. the company had a decrease in its dividend payout ratio

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A. three B. four C. five D. six

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All of the following are reasons businesses use wikis except A) to improve the brand image of a company

B) to generate feedback from employees before and after meetings. C) to collect and share information to large audiences creating a database for important company information. D) to facilitate project management.

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Marketers often have huge amounts of information about their customers. What ethical issue should marketers include in their decisions regarding how to use this information?

What will be an ideal response?

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The smoothing constant can take a value between ______.

a. -1 to +1 b. 0 to 1 c. -1 to 0 d. -? to +?

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