Stryker Corporation is a leading medical technology company headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Following are selected financial data for Stryker for the period 2009-2013. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Profit margin % 16.5% 17.4% 16.2% 15.0% 11.2% Retention Ratio % 82.1% 81.3% 79.3% 75.0% 60.1% Asset turnover X 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 Financial leverage X 1.7 1.74 1.7 1.7 1.8 Growth rate in sales % 0.1% 8.9% 13.5% 4.2% 4.2% Calculate Stryker's annual sustainable growth rate from 2009 through 2013 as a percentage to 1 decimal place.

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

The following information relates to the pina company. date ending inventory price (end-of-year prices) index december 31, 2013 $73,700 100 december 31, 2014 100,092 114 december 31, 2015 107,856 126 december 31, 2016 123,009 131 december 31, 2017 113,288 136 use the dollar-value lifo method to compute the ending inventory for pina company for 2013 through 2017.

The research of robert siegler and eric jenkins on the development of the counting-on strategy is an example of design.