In an agreement between ETPI and a customer, ETPI must ensure that all books are within specification before shipment to the customer. How will the customer ensure quality? (The contract isn’t enough…)

Amazon inc. does not currently pay a dividend. analysts expect amazon to commence paying annual dividends in three years. the first dividend is expected to be $2 per share. dividends are expected to grow from that point at an annual rate of 4% in perpetuity. investors expect a 12% return from the stock. what should the price of the stock be today?

Driving would be more pleasant if we didn't have to put up with the bad habits of other drivers. a newspaper reported the results of a valvoline oil company survey of 500 drivers in which the drivers marked their complaints about other drivers. the top complaints turned out to be tailgating, marked by 24% of the respondents; not using turn signals, marked by 19%; being cut off, marked by 15%; other drivers driving too slowly, marked by 12%; and other drivers being inconsiderate marked by 5%.

The average month end closing stock price for company a over the past year is $34.57 with a standard deviation of $4.65. the average month end closing stock price for company b over the same period is $26.15 with a standard deviation of $7.45. based on this data, we can conclude that the stock price for company a is more consistent when compared to the stock price for company b.