Polycom Systems earned $$556$ million last year and paid out $29$ percent of earnings in dividends.

By how much did the company$$s retained earnings increase?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer in dollars, not millions $($e$.$g$.,$ $$1,234,000).$

With $100$ million shares outstanding and a stock price of $$110,$ what was the dividend yield? $($Hint: First compute dividends per share.$)$

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places.