Sarah uses her financial accounting knowledge to buy a rising stock at $500 per share with annual dividends of $50. She sells the stock a year later for $560 per share. What is the annual return (%)?

Rockford Co. is a U.S. manufacturing firm that produces goods in the U.S. and sells all products to retail stores in the U.K.; the goods are denominated in pounds. It finances a small portion of its business with pound-denominated loans from British banks. Which of the following is true? (Assume that the amount of products to be sold is guaranteed by contracts.)

a. The dollar value of sales is higher if the pound depreciates against the dollar. b. The dollar value of sales is unaffected by the pound's exchange rate. c. A and B d. None of the above

If a firm can afford the cost, centralized sales training is always more effective than decentralized training.

a. true b. false