Green Caterpillar Garden Supplies Inc. reported sales of $820,000 at the end of last year; but this year, sales are expected to grow by 10%. Green Caterpillarexpects to maintain its current profit margin of 23% and dividend payout ratio of 15%. The firm's total assets equaled $500,000 and were operated at full capacity. Green Caterpillar's balan sheet shows the following current liabilities: accounts payable of $65,000, notes payable of $45,000, and accrued liabilities of $75,000.

Because of its excess funds, Green Caterpillar Garden Supplies Inc. is thinking about raising its dividend payout ratio to satisfy shareholders. Green Caterpillar could pay out of its earnings to shareholders without needing to raise any external capital.(Hint: What can Green Caterpillar increase its dividend payout ratio to before the AFN becomes positive)

A. 62.0%
B. 78.5%
C. 66.1%
D. 82.69%

Which of the following statements is not correct? 1) trade allows for specialization. 2) trade has the potential to benefit all nations. 3) trade allows nations to consume outside of their production possibilities curves. 4) absolute advantage is the driving force of specialization.

Tony prince is the project manager for the recreation and wellness intranet project. team members include you, a programmer/analyst and aspiring project manager; patrick, a network specialist; nancy, a business analyst; and bonnie, another programmer/analyst. other people are supporting the project from other departments, including yusaff from human resources and cassandra from finance. assume that these are the only people who can be assigned and charged to work on project activities. recall that your schedule and cost goals are to complete the project in six months for under $200,000.task 2identify at least eight milestones for the recreation and wellness intranet project. write a short paper describing each milestone using the smart criteria. discuss how determining these milestones might add activities or tasks to the gantt chart. remember that milestones normally have no duration, so you must have tasks that will lead to completing the milestone.

Amy is buying a new blouse for a party. what kind of good is the blouse?