Premise: When the return to stockholders rises by 150 percent, so must the price of your company's stock.

Hypothesis: Your company's stock price must increase if shareholder return increases by 150 percent.
Answer: yes

Premise: okay oh i'm not sure

Hypothesis: I'm not quite sure about that.
Answer: yes

Premise: The homes in the hills are regarded as somewhat more prestigious than those in the flats.

Hypothesis: The hills are thought of as being low-class compared to the flats.
Answer: no

Premise: they used to have several places um that were a little ways out in the community that did the paper and all and they stopped doing it because they said it wasn't profitable

Hypothesis: Our community papers have been flourishing thanks to the new development.
Answer: no