ALL ANSWERS ASSUME A TAX RATE OF 35% Even though the tax rate appears to be 1720 / 6725 = 25.57% In answering the following questions‚ please refer to the financial statements of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the relevant Notes to these statements at the end of this write-up. 1. What could be the cause(s) for the shift in LIFO-based inventory from 70% at December 31‚ 2010 to 65% at December 31‚ 2011? A decrease in the replacement cost for Cat’s inventories‚ or an increase
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Case Study 9 Kim Chau California Southern University MKT 86519 Dec 19‚ 2014 N. Papazian Accounting for Enron Introduction In the case of Accounting for Enron‚ the case concerned one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in the US history at the turn of the 21st century. It was Enron Corporation‚ a one time seventh largest most successful US company‚ sixth largest energy company in the world‚ valued at over $70 Billion; they filed for chapter 11 on December 2‚ 2001. Just the year before‚ Enron
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Accounting Study Guide for Test # 2 Topic 5: Financial Statement Analysis 5-1 (Q5-1) Explain in general terms the concept of return on investment. Why is this concept important in the analysis of financial performance? Return on investment measures profitability in relation to the amount of investment that has been made in the business. A company can always increase dollar profit by increasing the amount of investment (assuming it is a profitable investment). So‚ dollar profits are not necessarily
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Game Theory and Financial Market Regulation -- Chen Sun This paper examines the rationale for regulation of financial market by using game theory models. The paper first introduces Game Theory‚ examines the necessity of normal market regulation by using Game Theory‚ and finally applies Game theory models to Financial information market and concludes that‚ to achieve a healthy financial market‚ regulation is necessary to 1) increase cost of financial information manipulation and 2) bring back the
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Financial Statement Analysis Lecture 5 Learning Objectives: - Financial Analysis continued: Financial strength ratios (solvency & liquidity) So far we have…. Talked about the framework of financial statement analysis Discussed why we use ratios for analysis Calculated and interpreted a range of profitability & asset utilisation ratios Today we will… Calculate and interpret more ratios! These will relate to: 1. Management performance (i) Profitability (ii) Asset utilisation 2. Financial strength
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value accounting in IFRS financial statements Considerable attention is currentiy being given to the use of fair vaiues and fair value accounting in financiai statements prepared under internationai Financiai Reporting Standards. This month’s coiumn ciarifies what is meant by fair value accounting and when iFRS require or allow its use. It also identifies the circumstances in which IFRS requires the use of fair value in the application of the historical cost model. In IFRS financial statements
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TO: Trish Cooper and Carrie Schwinoff FROM: DATE: October 2‚ 2013 SUBJECT: Marketing Strategy for Zatswho Marketing research has shown that guerilla marketing campaigns can be highly effective at relatively low cost (Hutter & Hoffman‚ 2011). I have developed a guerilla marketing strategy for your company that will focus on logo placement and social media. The goal of this marketing strategy is to win over potential customers of your target market‚ which is parent of toddlers (Hutter & Hoffman
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The Industry Averages and Financial Ratios Cassandra Brown‚ Diana Smiley‚ Patricia Ramirez FIN/370 - FINANCE FOR BUSINESS 11/23/14 Michael Rodriguez The Industry Averages and Financial Ratios In today’s market business really look at what the others in their competitive market are doing to compare how they are doing as a business or corporation. They do this by evaluating the industry averages and the financial ratios. When corporations and financial advisors look at the industry
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21. General-purpose financial statements are the product of a. financial accounting. b. managerial accounting. c. both financial and managerial accounting. d. neither financial nor managerial accounting. 22. Users of financial reports include all of the following except a. creditors. b. government agencies. c. unions. d. All of these are users. 23. The financial statements most frequently provided include all of the following
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Chapter 5 Risk Analysis Case 5.3: Fly-By-Night International Group: Can This Company Be Saved? I. Objectives A. Illustrate the impact on the financial statements of a continually changing corporate strategy. B. C. II. II. Assess the likelihood of survival of a firm experiencing severe profitability and cash flow problems. Address ethical questions about the dealings of a majority shareholder of a publicly held corporation who also is CEO (chief executive officer) and chair of the board of directors
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