Financial Statements
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Select a publicly traded, U.S. corporation with which you are familiar or one where you currently work or have worked in the past.
Research the company on the Internet and download the Income Statement, Statement of Shareholders’ Equity, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows.
Develop a minimum 700-word examination of the financial statements and include the following:
- Determine the net income for the current fiscal year (FY). Is this income up or down from the prior year?
- Explain the relevance of changes in net income to investors.
- Determine the ending balance in shareholders’ equity. Why would organizations such as labor unions be interested in this?
- Determine the total value of assets.
- Discuss the relevance of the total value of assets to potential creditors and why this is important.
- Compute the return on assets. Discuss the relative profitability of the company based on your results.
- Compute the working capital and current ratio. Evaluate the relative liquidity of the company based on your results.
- Compute the debt to assets ratio and the free cash flow for your company. Analyze the results and comment on the relative solvency of the company.
- Discuss how the financial statements are used in your current role or a position you would like to hold. How might these aid you in managerial decision making?
Show your work in Microsoft® Word or Excel®.
Complete calculations/computations using Microsoft® Word or Excel®.
Include the four financial statements along with your assignment.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Markets and the Economics of the Public Sector
imagine you have been assigned the responsibility of preparing a paper for the governor’s next economic conference.
Prepare a 1,050-word paper addressing the following:
- Explain why equilibrium of supply and demand is desirable.
- Explain the following concepts using the concept of consumer and producer surplus:
- Efficiency of markets
- Costs of taxation
- Benefits of international trade
- Discuss how externalities may prevent market equilibrium and the various governments policies used to remedy the inefficiencies in markets caused by externalities.
- Analyze the difference between the efficiency of a tax system and the equity of a tax system as it refers to the costs imposed on taxpayers using the benefits principles.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources, not including your textbook.
Format consistent with APA guidelines.
The Convergence of Healthcare Financing and Economic Trends and Forces
Choose one (1) topic from the list of topics given below.
Read articles and technical configuration information about your chosen topic. These articles can be searched online or from a journal. Provide a Report (1500-2000 word-limit) and a PowerPoint presentation about the topic. Report & Presentation Topics (Choose one):
1. Blackberry Operating System
2. iPhone OS (iOS)
3. Android Operating System
4. Sun Operating System
5. Windows Server Operating System
6. Tizen
The report must be submitted to the Moodle on Week 7 on your lecture day (check moodle submission link for the date/time). Your report should include the following sections:
Introduction
Explanation
Technical details
Advantages/disadvantages.
References (using IEEE reference style)
Your presentation should have at least 10 slides, and you should talk for no more than 4 minutes including answering questions during a one-to-one presentation method. You may suggest a topic that isn’t on the list, but it must be approved.
Your presentation should include the following:
A list containing Presentation outline
Background and related areas.
A technical overview of the topic
Improvements about the topic that has been made over years
References Preparation instructions:
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Do not use WIKIPEDIA as one of the source articles.
Use IEEE style referencing, and properly reference any diagrams/ graphics making sure that reference sources are cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE reference style.
In all cases, concentrate on the aspects of the topic that concern server-client approach (either from software and hardware aspect or both) or relation to networking
You may provide cross platform advantage and/or disadvantage of the topic.
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Careers in Accounting
Accounting is the study of how businesses track their income and assets over time. Accountants engage in a wide variety of activities in addition to preparing financial statements and recording business transactions. These activities include computing costs and efficiency gains from new technologies, participating in strategies for mergers and acquisitions, quality management, developing and using information systems to track financial performance, tax strategy, and health care benefits management.
Use the Internet or the Strayer Online database to research career options within the accounting field and accounting job postings in your local area to respond to the questions in the assignment.
Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
- Describe at least two (2) career options someone with an accounting education can pursue. Be sure to reference sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
- Describe one (1) researched accounting position, and explain the essential skills that would make a candidate successful in the position. Articulate the primary manner in which the researched accounting positions could add value to the company seeking candidates.
- Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
- Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
- Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
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- How can these issues be addressed by HRM?
- How do these issues impact contract negotiations and organizational performance?
- What challenges do you foresee related to labor union issues for nursing staff in an acute care organization?
Submission Details:
- Present your analysis as a 2-page Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style. On a separate page, cite all sources using APA format.
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Please respond to the following discussion topic. Your initial post should be a minimum of 150 words in length. Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts.
To CAPM or not to CAPM – that is the question. CAPM is a valuable tool that often comes under fire for all the estimates it relies upon. What are the key estimates used in CAPM? Why is this measure so harshly criticized? Do you agree with the critics? Why or why not?
financial statements
Write a 750-1000 word paper. In your paper include the following:
Using the annual financial statements and other research, explain the stock structure of the organization you have been studying. What elements comprise their capital structure? What is the history on your company’s growth? Look up the beta for your stock. How does your stock compare to the market? Is it high, average, or low risk? Why? How do you feel about the risk level of your organization?
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia).
Business
- Identify three key solvency ratios (debt and asset ratios), explain in your own words how they are calculated, and discuss what each ratio can tell about an organization s performance.
- What are some of the key limitations of using ratio analysis to evaluate the performance of an organization? Your response should be in your own words.
- What are junk bonds and would you recommend investing in them? Defend your answer. Your response should be in your own words.
- Explain how risk is included in the CAPM theory. Your response should be in your own words
- Why is the time value of money an important concept in business? Your response should be in your own words.
- Outline the key elements of the Efficient Markey Theory and identify which, if any, you feel most accurately depicts how our market behaves. Your response should be in your own words.
- If you were to issue a bond for your organization to raise funds for a capital project, what type of bond would you choose and why? Your response should be in your own words.
- Explain the three types of premiums and the role they play bond rates. Your response should be in your own words.
- What role does the time value of money play in determining the issue price of a bond? Your response should be in your own words.
- Describe the CAPM theory and identify one criticism of this theory. Your response should be in your own words