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Revenues Operating income Total assets
Entertainment 1272 223 1120
Publishing/information 705 122 1308
consumer/commercial financial 1235 244 924

1-Compute the following for each business segment
a. Return on sales
b. Capital turnover
c. ROI

2-Comment on the differences in ROI among the business segments including reasons for the differences

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