Shown below is selected information from the financial statements of Supreme Company Dollar amounts are in millions (except for the per share data). Income statement information: Net sales $ 1,070 Cost of goods sold $ 480 Operating expenses $ 400 Net income $ 310 Balance sheet information: Average total equity $ 1,600 Average total assets $ 3,200 Supreme reported earnings per share for the year of $4 and paid cash dividends of $1 per share. At year-end, the Wall Street Journal listed Supreme's capital stock as trading at $80 per share. What was Supreme's operating income (in millions)

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.