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    Medtronic ’s Ratings Earning Power I would rank Medtronic ’s earning power at a 9 on a scale of 1 (very weak) to 10 (very strong). Medtronic has successfully demonstrated their ability to grow and provide substantial return to their owners. Medtronic ’s net earnings have steadily increased from $984.0 million in 2002‚ to $1599.8 million in 2003‚ to $1959.3 million in 2004. Their total assets have increased 13.7% from $12‚405.5 million in 2003 to $14‚110.8 million in 2004. These measures show

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    A business’ financial conditions are of major concern to all its stakeholders. As capital providers‚ investors and creditors rely on a company’s financial conditions for both the safety and profitability of their investments. The four basic financial statements are (1) Balance Sheet‚ (2) Income Statement‚ (3) Statement of Retained Earnings‚ and (4) Statement of Cash Flow (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚  2010). The balance sheet represents the financial position of a company for a specific period

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    TASK 1: Financial statements are used by both internal and external users to make economic decisions. The information within the financial statement aims to provide information about the financial position‚ performance and any changes in financial position of an enterprise. Financial statements should be understandable‚ relevant‚ reliable and comparable. Reported assets‚ liabilities‚ equity‚ income and expenses are directly related to an organization ’s financial position. AstraZeneca

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    2002:53 Financial Statement Fraud - Recognition of Revenue and the Auditor’s Responsibility for Detecting Financial Statement Fraud - Tiina Intal and Linh Thuy Do Graduate Business School School of Economics and Commercial Law Göteborg University ISSN 1403-851X Printed by Elanders Novum Abstract Financial reporting frauds and earnings manipulation have attracted high profile attention recently. There have been several cases by businesses of what appears to be financial statement fraud

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    Financial Statement Differentiation Jeff Leo ACC/561 - Accounting Instructor: Grace Kalil May 27‚ 2013 University of Phoenix ACC/561 course textbook Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making Chapter One provides in-depth descriptions of financial statements generated by a business to analyze accounting information. The balance sheet‚ income statement‚ retained earnings statement and statement of cash flows reports provide a quantified view of the financial health of a business. Financial

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    Chapter 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-1 Financial Statement Analysis • Investors often use accounting statements to: – Compare the firm with itself by analyzing how the firm has changed over time – Compare the firm to other similar firms using a common set of financial ratios Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-2 Why are ratios useful? • Ratios standardize numbers and facilitate

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    Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory Vol. 30‚ No. 2 May 2011 pp. 19–50 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50009 Financial Statement Fraud Detection: An Analysis of Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms Johan Perols SUMMARY: This study compares the performance of six popular statistical and machine learning models in detecting financial statement fraud under different assumptions of misclassification costs and ratios of fraud firms to nonfraud firms. The results show‚ somewhat

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    Analyzing Financial Statements Elizabeth Black HSM/260 October 16‚ 2011 Denise Lindley University of Phoenix Analyzing Financial Statements XYZ Corporation Years 2003/2004/2002 (Respectively Listed One Page after Another) 2003 Current Ratio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current Ratio = | Current Assets | | $82‚058.00 | | | 0.87 | | | Current Liabilities | | $93‚975.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Long-Term Solvency

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    Income statements For the year ended 30 June 2008 : : Consolidated Notes Parent entity 2008 $’000 2007 $’000 2007 $’000 2008 $’000 Revenue from continuing operations 5 1‚354‚419 1‚230‚513 64‚453 208‚833 Cost of goods sold Other income Selling‚ general and administrative expenses Other expenses Finance costs 7 6 7 7 7 (608‚040) --(399‚411) (76‚420) (24‚986) (570‚979) 671 (355‚483) (63‚422) (19‚486) ----(1‚733) (15‚888) (21‚298)

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….....1 1.1 Relationship between Holding/parent company- subsidiary………………………….2 2.1 Consolidated Financial Statement…………………………………………………….4 3.1 The concept of Goodwill……………………………………………………………...5 3.1.1 Computation of Goodwill…………………………………………………………...6 3.1.2 Computation of negative Goodwill………………………………………………...7 4.1 The recommendation of the IASB……………………………………………………8 5.1 IFRS 36 Impairment of Assets………………………………………………………..9 6.1 IFRS

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