You can find financial statements and annual reports directly on the websites of listed/public companies. There are also several other online resources for finding this information such as: sec.gov, edgars.com, finance. Yahoo.com and any other reputable resource that you want to use. Choose Coke (KO) WalMart (WMT), WaltDisney Company (DIS), Exxon (XOM), or Goldman Sachs(GS). Locate the most recent quarterly report, which contains a balance sheet […]

17. International Joint Venture Anheuser- Busch, the producer of Budweiser and other beers, expanded into Japan by engaging in a joint venture with Kirin Brewery, the largest brewery in Japan. The joint venture enabled Anheuser- Busch to have its beer distributed through Kirin’s distribution channels in Japan. In addition, it could utilize Kirin’s facilities to produce beer that would be sold locally. In return, Anheuser- […]

Data Analysis Using Epi Info TM 7: Hypothesis Testing and Regression In Week Two you became familiar with the YRBS dataset by completing some basic data analysis on three research questions. That assignment helped you to become familiar with your data and to start to understand some preliminary results which may be concluded based on your data.  In Week Three we are going to take the […]

1. The Artist’s Palette recognizes that students may purchase supplies at the beginning of the term to cover all of their art class needs. Because this could represent a fairly substantial outlay,  the Artist’s Palette offers discounts to those students who pay sooner than required. Assume that if students buy more than $250 of art supplies in one visit, they may put it on a […]

Charles Royston was checking the year-end balances for his wood furniture manufacturing and re-tail business and was concerned about the numbers. From what he remembered, his debts and ac-counts receivable were higher than the previous year. Rather than get worked up over nothing, hedecided he would gather the information and make a comparison. For December 31, 2011, the busi-ness had current assets of: $1,844 cash, […]

Jessica and David are student interns at Balanced Books Bookkeeping. They have taken severalbusiness math and accounting classes and are now applying what they have learned to real-life situ-ations. They enjoy their internship, but they are sometimes surprised by the assignments they aregiven. Luckily, they work together, so they share the assignments and learn from each other. Theirmost recent assignment is to take a listing […]

FIN 540 – Homework Chapter 21  © 2013 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. FIN 540 Homework Chapter 21    Page 1 of 2   Directions: Answer the following five questions on a separate document. Explain how […]

FIN 540 – Homework Chapter 20  © 2013 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. FIN 540 Homework Chapter 20    Page 1 of 2   Directions: Answer the following five questions on a separate document. Explain how […]

Review the”Minimizing Risk” video segment below:   In the video segment, you will watch an interview with two great investors of the twentieth century.  Imagine you are Harry Reasoner, and you are allowed to ask Peter Lynch one question about market risk, discount rates, or the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). What question would you ask?  Why do you feel that is an important […]

You are a quality analyst with John and Sons Company. Your company manufactures fax machines, copiers, and printers that use plain paper. The CEO of the company wants the machines to handle 99.5 percent of all the paper that is used in them without the paper getting jammed. The CEO asks you to determine the thickness of paper that the machines must be able to […]