Some countries have been accused of ___________ , in other words selling goods abroad at a lower price than they sell in their own country.
revaluing
flooding
dumping
cheapening
We had serious problems with accounts receivable and were forced to ___________ thousands of Euros of bad debts.
throw away
wipe away
wipe out
write off
Regular part payments of debts are called ______________.
paybacks
deposits
wages
installments
The money needed to start a company is called ___________.
debt
money
capital
support
Money borrowed from a bank is called a ____________.
loan
deposit
fund
profit
The money that will ultimately be used to pay pensions is kept in a ________.
shoe box
budget
fund
deposit
Another word for a lender is a/an _____________.
principle
debtor
owner
creditor
A borrower has to pay interest on a loan but he/she has also to pay back the loan itself, also known as the ______________.
premium
principal
whole
body
A person who has borrowed money is a ______________.
owner
debtor
creditor
loser
_____________ are paid out to people who own shares of a company. Normally they are paid every year or half-yearly.
Profits
Dividends
Salaries
Wages
Net income was € 815 million, up 29% from € 632 million in the third _______ quarter a year ago.
operational
international
fiscal
Siemens
For the third quarter ended June 30, the group achieved a profit of € 236m on sales of €1,933m. So its ______________ was 12.2%.
profit and loss
profit percentage
profit level
profit margin
The division achieved _____________ growth in both sales and orders. 26% for sales and 27% for orders.
high number
double-digit
double number
big number
During the third quarter, the company agreed to ________ some equipment from a company in France.
invest in
acquire
sell
merge
Excluding ___________ translation effects, sales in China rose 19% and orders climbed 21%.
cash
pension
language
currency
The CEO said, in regards to the third quarter results, "These trends show that improvement in the broader ___________ environment is now arriving in our industry..." The missing word means looking at the economy on a large scale rather than as individual businesses.
super economical
macroeconomic
economical
microeconomic
Group X was the top ____________ performer in the third quarter which means that Group X made the biggest profit within the company.
income
profit
county and western music
earnings
A division posted a ______ for the quarter, this means it did not make a profit but actually lost money.
loss
bill
profit
mistake
Basic EPS rose to € 0.91 compared to the same period year earlier. EPS stands for ______________________.
electronic printing service
earnings per share
estimated pricing scale
estimated price of Siemens
While Basic EPS was € 0.91, the ___________ EPS was € 0.88 for this quarter. This is because ________ earnings take into account if all warrants, stock options, and convertible bonds were traded in for stock. This would result in an increased number of shares outstanding.