business is tough enough. Once you add social goals to the demands of serving customers, making a profit, and returning value to shareholders, you tie yourself up in knots.” Ben & Jerry’s financial performance has had its ups and downs. While the company’s stock grew by leaps and bounds through the early 1990s, problems began to arise in 1993. These problems included increased competition in the premium ice cream market, along with a leveling off of sales in that market, plus their own inefficiencies and sloppy
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WILEY CPA EXAM REVIEW Financial Accounting and Reporting F O U R T H • concepts • problem-solving E D I T I O N • terms • rules Less Antman and criteria WILEY CPA EXAM REVIEW Financial Accounting and Reporting F O U R T H • concepts • problem-solving E D I T I O N • terms • rules Less Antman and criteria Copyright © 2006, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada.
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declining balance method e. group & composite methods [E11-9] 2. Calculate partial-period depreciation. 3. Calculate depreciation based on revision of salvage value or estimated life. [E11-11], [E11-13] 4. Conduct a recoverability test for impairment. [E11-17] 5. Determine the amount of impairment to be recorded on a fixed asset. [E11-17] 6. Prepare the journal entries to record: a. depreciation expense b. the impairment of a fixed asset c.
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Key Concepts * Initial Public Offering (IPO) - First offering of stock to the general public. * Underwriter - Firm that buys an issue of securities from a company and resells it to the public. * Spread - Difference between public offer price and price paid by underwriter. * Prospectus - Formal summary that provides information on an issue of securities. * Underpricing - Issuing securities at an offering price set below the true value of the security. Type of IPO offers
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ISA ISA 500 March 2009 International Standard on Auditing Audit Evidence 500 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ON AUDITING 500 Audit Evidence Explanatory Foreword The Council of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants has approved this standard in March 2009 for publication. This standard should be read in conjunction with the Preface to Malaysian Approved Standards on Auditing; Preface to International Standards on Quality Control, Auditing, Review, Other Assurance and Related Services; Glossary
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© 2000 American Accounting Association Accounting Horizons Vol. 14 No. 2 June 2000 pp. 235-250 Earnings Management: Reconciling the Views of Accounting Academics, Practitioners, and Regulators Patricia M. Dechow and Douglas J. Skinner Patricia M. Dechow is an Associate Professor and Douglas J. Skinner is a Professor, both at the University of Michigan. SYNOPSIS: We address the fact that accounting academics often have very different perceptions of earnings management than do practitioners
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Off-balance-sheet activities, earnings persistence and stock prices: Evidence from operating leases* Weili Ge University of Washington Business School University of Washington Mackenzie Hall, Box 353200 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4835 geweili@u.washington.edu November 22, 2006 Abstract This paper examines the implications of the off-balance-sheet treatment of operating leases for future earnings and stock returns. The property rights granted by an operating lease contract generate both future
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Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS A TEACHERS’ MANUAL Undergraduate Level By Herminia A. Francisco Bui Dung The Pham Khanh Nam August 2005 1 PREFACE This manual was written to support the teaching of undergraduate environmental economics course in Vietnam Universities. Some time in 2003, a number of senior researchers of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) requested that EEPSEA offers a 3-week training
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Analysis……………………………………………………………………………. 4 Historic Financial Analysis……………………………………………………………….. 5 Weighted Average Cost of Capital……………………………………………………….. 6 Financial Statement Analysis……………………………………………………………… 7 Bond Valuation I……………………………………………………………………………. 10 Bond Valuation II…………………………………………………………………………… 11 Stock Analysis……………………………………………………………………………….. 11 Off-balance Sheet Items……………………………………………………………………. 12 Revenue and Earnings Growth Analysis…………………………………………………. 12 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………
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international stock markets 13 7. Conclusion 15 9. Bibliography 16 1. Abstract The JSE is a securities exchange based in South Africa and is considered to be the largest on the African continent. More than 400 stocks are traded on the JSE and as a result, it is important that investors are aware of the relevant information regarding stocks, which would enable investors to make sound investments. The Efficient Market Hypothesis is used to ascertain whether certain stocks and their respective
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