multiple reports available to their investors through their websites. Not only does these companies make their financial information available to the public, they must also send in detailed reports to the SEC. In this paper, we will be examining a world-wide publicly traded company, American Eagle Outfitters. We will be looking at the financial information that the company has made available for the public to see, as well as the annual form, or 10-K, that is filed with the SEC. FINANCIAL REPORTS AND
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for public companies in most countries to produce a financial report on a periodic basis for relevant regulatory bodies and shareholders. The financial report usually includes a director’s report, three financial statements and an audit report, as well as relevant notes to the accounts. This paper will look at the financial reporting practices of four companies in a comparative international context from a user’s perspective. This report was not completed to assess the performance of the selected
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Ninth Malaysia Plan in Malaysia. To enhance the core competence, Malaysia has to convert from labor-intensive goods production to utilization of human knowledge and skills. Research by Tan (2000) found that only few companies listed in Bursa Malaysia reports intangible assets and a small percent of total assets of these companies disclosed intangibles other than goodwill. Thereby, it is aimed to enhance that Malaysian companies should voluntarily disclose intellectual capital in their financial statements
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Will Lululemon Athletica Become the Next Top Brand? Christopher Boyken MGT 4013 April 24, 2012 Executive Summary Lululemon was founded by Chip Wilson in 1998. The company started out in Canada with several stores where the company eventually grew to 165 stores in Canada, United States, Australia and China. The industry in which Lululemon competes in is fitness apparel, with competitors such as Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and Champion. The fitness apparel industry is very attractive with
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support these products. Staples, also provides supplies for facilities, break-room, and furniture (Staples, Inc, 2012). Staples conceptualized the office superstore in 1986. It has more than 88,000 associates worldwide, in 26 countries, and fosters annual sales of 25 billion (Staples, Inc, 2012). Many organizations foundations began with a vision and an organizational mission. The vision and mission are set to be accomplished by setting objectives, and implementing strategies to achieve the goals
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Business Machines (IBM), writes a letter to shareholders containing an annual report (2001) of the company. In this letter Rometty, aims to convince her readers of how well the company is doing even in a recession. She did that by means of presenting facts (plain) and also reaching to them in a softer more informal tone (persuasive). Rometty begins her letter by adopting a very positive and optimistic tone. “I am pleased to report that IBM had another strong year in 2011” by doing this she is able
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ACCT 2105 Introductory Accounting Assignment - Semester 3, 2012 This assignment is designed to get you to locate the Annual Report for a company and become familiar with its contents, particularly the financial statements and the notes to the financial statements. While we have looked at very basic formats of the financial statements, the financial statements for a company contain more detail and information on some items you may not have been introduced to as yet. Pay particular attention
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What is annual report? A company’s annual report encapsulates the performance of a company over a specific period, usually a year. In India, the financial years starts on 1st April and ends on 31st March. Annual report mainly conveys the data and number and clarifications on how the company did during that particular financial year. Annual reports are mandatory declarations for any company. Most of the people abstain from seeing through the annual report before investing as they perceive studying
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from 2010 to 2011. The cash flow has also increased over the last year by eleven million dollars. Some things on the balance sheet that were of some concern were the shareholders equity declined and the long term debt increased (Wal-Mart 2011 annual report). My concern with the shareholder’s equity declining is that other potential shareholder and investors may look at this and think twice about investing in the company. The one thing an investor hopes to receive is a return on their investment
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