Information regarding the defined-benefit pension plan of Tri Cities Transport included the following for 2003 ($ in millions):
Service cost: 48. Interest cost: 32.Actual and expected return on plan assets: 26. Amortization of unrecognized net gain: 3. Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost: 5. Retiree benefits paid (end of year): 50.
What is Tri Cities' pension expense for 2003?

In the case of an inferior good with a decrease in own price, which of the following statements is most likely true?

Which industry is likely to be fragmented with strong pricing power?

An analyst has gathered the following information about a company: Net profit margin of 15%, Asset turnover ratio of 0.267, Equity multiplier of 4.5, Dividend payout ratio of 30%. What is the company's growth rate?

A firm finds that producing 30,000 vases costs $180,000 while producing 40,000 vases costs
$ 200,000. This pattern might be explained by: