Fill in the blanks with the following words: 1. gross margin 2. recession 3. shares 4. debt 5. stock market 6. investment 7. earnings per share 8. forecast 9. bankruptcy 10. dividend 11. pre-tax profits 12. revenues In our home markets it has been another excellent year. ___(1) __ are up by f23 million, and the _____(2)_____ for the next quarter is equal good. Profits from abroad are down because of a _____(3)_____ in Japan. However, our performance overall has been good, and the _____(4)_____ have increased to 26. 4 p and the _____(5)_____ will be increased to 4. 3 p per share, which will please our shareholders. We plan to issue new _____(6)_____ in order to finance expansion in Asia. We also plan to increase our _____(7)_____ in plant and equipment before entering the Chinese market. We are particularly pleased with our performance in France and Germany where _____(8)_____ have increased. As a result of using a new distributor, our costs fell giving us a _____(9)_____ of 40 percent on our main product line. We will use any extra cash to reduce the level of our _____(10)_____. Our performance in Italy should improve significantly following the _____(11)_____ of our biggest competitor. However, we should not become too satisfied with our share price as economic conditions remain uncertain and the _____(12)_____ will continue to reflect this. Share prices will not rise in the short term.