The equation for calculating the monetary value of gross margin is: gross margin = sales â cost of goods sold A simple way to keep markup and gross margin factors straight is to remember that: Percent of markup is 100 times the price difference divided by the cost.
Lizzie Borden died at Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1927, her legend as a murderess still strong. She was buried next to her father and stepmother. The home in which the murders took place opened as a bed-and-breakfast in 1992.
Two books which each revived public interest in the case: 1  Edmund Pearson, The Trial of Lizzie Borden, 1937: finds Lizzie Borden guilty of the murders. 2  Edward D. Radin, Lizzie Borden: The Untold Story, 1961: finds Lizzie Borden innocent of the murders.