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Questions1–8

Lookatthestatementsbelowandatthefivereports

aboutpaniesonltheoppositepagefromanarticlegiving

advicetoself-employedconsultantsaboutnegotiatingfees

fortheirservices.

Whichbook(A,B,C,DorE)doseeachstatement1–8

referto?l

Foreachstatement!–8,makeoneletter(A,B,C,D

orE)onyourAnswerlSheet.

Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethan

once.l

Example:

0Lackofself-confidencewillputyouata

disadvantageinanegotiation.

0ABCDE

1.Thispanyhasbeeninvolvedindiversifyingits

businessactivities.

2.Althoughthispanyisdoingwell,ithasanumberof

internaldifficultiestodealwith

3.Thispanyhasreducedtheprofitsitmakeson

individualitems

4.Onestatisticisalessaurateguidetothispany’s

performancethananother

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5.Theconditionswhichhavehelpedthispanyare

likelytobelessfavourableinthefuture

6.Thispany’ssharepricehasbeenextremelyvolatile

overthelasttwelvemonths

7.Thispanyislikelytobethesubjectofatakeover

bidinthenearfuture

8.Thispany’sperformanceexemplifiesawidelyheld

belief

A

ChemicalCompany

Masterson’sinterimpre-taxprofitsgrowthof20%was

somewhatinflatedasaresultoftheinereceivedfromthe

disposalofseveralofthepany’ssubsidiaries.The

underlying8%riseinoperatingprofitsisamorerealistic