ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Chapter Outline I. Reasons to analyze financial statements of foreign companies include: • making foreign portfolio investment decisions‚ • making foreign merger and acquisition decisions‚ • making credit decisions about foreign customers‚ • evaluating foreign suppliers‚ and • benchmarking against foreign competitors. II. There are several problems an analyst might encounter in analyzing foreign financial statements‚ including: • finding
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Introduction Financial ratio analysis is important to a business’s success. A financial ratio analysis is an indicator of a company’s financial performance. It helps a business compare company financials with previous periods and also allows a business to contrast its financials to similar companies. A financial ratio can provide a clear image of a company ’s state and identify trends that are emerging. Use of ratios in analyzing financial statements Ratio analysis is a form of financial analysis
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Safeguard of auditor independence (i)Established An Audit Committee We support the given measure as Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ Section 204 requires auditors reports to audit committee (www.sarbanes-oxley.com).First‚ such committee is independent non-executive directors provide auditors an independent point of reference than executive directors of the company. Second‚ it enhancing the independence of auditors by provides a direct channel of communication between top management and the auditors. As such
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IN DEPENDENCE OF AUDITOR – ENRON AND ARTHUR ANDERSEN CASE Introduction The world economy in recent years has got some significant growth but also had quite serious scandals. They caused the shakes for many‚ both citizens and authorities. Therefore‚ it is a challenging time and it is the time for change. An absolutely necessity is to enhance the true reliable financial information because the success on the capital market depends on it. The key factor is to assure that auditors must take a completely
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construction; and Transactions involving copyrights‚ patents‚ trademarks and process technology. These activities take place between individuals‚ firms‚ and other public and private bodies. The level of risk is higher in international business than those in domestic transactions. Why? Source: Taggart‚ J H and McDermott‚ M C (1993) The Essence of International Business‚ Prentice Hall‚ Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ. 5 Domestic vs. international business. Domestic Business Transactions occurring within
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and who understands it better than PTCL. For sixty years it has been the one and only connection between families and the voice of the little ones who share thousand stories with the world. From the first faltering “hello” to the most eloquent speech‚ PTCL has given voice to many little angels of Pakistan and today it has become one strong voice of the country. We have shared the joys‚ the love‚ the obstacles‚ and the sorrows together‚ its time that we move ahead keeping the trust we have on each
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Factors Influencing Auditor Switch: Evidence from A Shares Companies Listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China BY Deng Zhirui 0930600019 BBA-Accounting Li Lujun 0930600064 BBA-Accounting A Business Project Submitted to the Division of Business and Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) Beijing Normal University – Hong Kong Baptist University United International
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Martin Luther King once said “We are not makers of history. We are made by history‚" which interprets how the surrounding events played a big role in my great grandfather’s life. At the age of 103‚ T.W. Cooper‚ my great grandfather witnessed plenty of extravagant events. Some of these events include: The Waco Horror‚ KKK‚ Emmett Till case‚ The Watergate scandal‚ O.J. Simpson trial‚ and the Trayvon Martin Trial. The Waco horror took a great toll on the African American community in 1916. Jesse
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The world is tremendously competitive now. In every sphere of life‚ business competition becomes more and more critical. So it is difficult to make business in these competitive markets. But accounting procedure is the most important part for any financial institution like bank. Banks are also the principal source of credit (loanable fund) for millions of individual & families & for many units of governments. Another contribution of bank make their willingness to accept risky loan from borrower
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Chapter 6: “What Do Firms Try to Maximize‚ if Anything?” Introduction Do firms really maximize profit? This question has been under debate since the 1940s and 1950s‚ when a wide number of mainstream neoclassical economists defended the assumption against a group of institutional economists that questioned the assumption as the norm in the industry. On the side of the neoclassical economists were Fritz Machlup and Milton Friedman‚ with institutional economists Richard A. Lester and Garnder C
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