Selected comparative statement data for Tyrone Company are presented below. All balance sheet data are as of December 31. 

                                                                           _2017              2016_

Net sales                                                               $1,160,000       $1,120,000

Cost of goods sold                                                     700,000        640,000

Interest expense                                                         15,000           10,000

Net income                                                                 150,000        140,000

Accounts receivable                                                   140,000        120,000

Inventory                                                                     100,000          95,000

Total assets                                                                780,000        700,000

Preferred stock (6%)                                                  200,000        200,000

Total stockholders’ equity                                          630,000        525,000

Instructions

Compute the following ratios for 2017.

(a) Profit margin.

(b) Asset turnover.

(c) Return on assets.

(d) Return on common stockholders’ equity

Need an argumentative essay on Forces That Drives Growth in International Trade. Needs to be 2 pages. Please no plagiarism.

Additionally, improvement of upcoming democracies in the realms of politics in most countries is a strong force for the growth of international trade.

Primarily, according to Diaw & Lessoua (2013), the increased utilization of the internet has stirred international trade forward. More people can now access the internet today than any other time in the history of internet invention. The internet has comes with many prospect that has been of advantage to the connectivity and increased transaction of business. With internet, most of the products in overseas can be ordered online and paid online with services such as PayPal and other services hence giving international trade a force that takes into new levels. More so, internet has come up with websites that display products that oversees and in demand by a particular individual or company on other corners of the world. Websites such as Alibaba.com provide a good platform of increasing the international trade. Internet has also made communication between international traders cheaper and cheaper hence easier for them to be in commerce with each other. In overall, Internet has made this world smaller and smaller hence hyper-connectivity consequently increasing the international trade (Diaw & Lessoua 2013).

The upcoming democracies according to Van & Lewer (2007) have also played a role in the surge in the international trade growth in the world at present. With democracy, most of these countries have had peace of late, which is an imperative component in having international trade growing and getting forward. Most important to note is that most of this countries that have come to embrace democracy are the hub of minerals and other products that are in demand internationally. Africa has been for long been torn by war and made it difficult to trade with other countries internationally hence becoming hurdle in stirring the international commerce forward. With the latest development and having peace in these countries,