Trident Financial Statements Discussion

Business Finance

It is not always easy to read and understand financial statements. Format and standards are important for comparisons across companies and over time. To conclude the series of assignments for this course we will look at the agencies creating and enforcing the standards and some related concepts.

Search the course background information, the Internet and/or the Trident Online Library in addition to the Starbucks annual reports. Discuss the terms listed below. Explain why the following concepts/governing agencies are important to financial statements in general and to Starbucks.

  • Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
  • Annual report; and
  • 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K

SLP Assignment Expectations

Use Word and respond in a question and answer format. There is no need to use Excel for this particular SLP.

Financial Reporting

The following articles will shed more light on the regulation of financial reporting.

The accounting standards and standard setting bodies. Retrieved from http://bizfinance.about.com/od/accountingandcash/a…

Diffen. Compare Anything. (n.d.). GAAP versus IFRS. Retrieved from http://www.diffen.com/difference/GAAP_vs_IFRS

Sarbanes Oxley 101. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.sarbanes-oxley-101.com/sarbanes-oxley-c…

Seay, S. S. (2014). The economic impact of IFRS: A financial analysis perspective. Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, 18(2), 119–139. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Ratio Analysis

Understanding and Evaluating Financial Performance

Ratio analysis is a common tool used to analyze and assess financial performance. Click on the following link for a brief introduction to ratio analysis and examples of categories of ratios often used in business.

http://www.zenwealth.com/businessfinanceonline/RA/RatioAnalysis.html

At the site below, read the section “Tools for Financial Statement Analysis” and watch the related videos on the same page.

Walther, L. (2017). http://www.principlesofaccounting.com/chapter-16/. Chapter 16. Retrieved from http://www.principlesofaccounting.com/youtube_player_poa/player.html?filename=lBkmrWh6JOk

Cybersecurity On Our Nation’s Pipelines And How It Impacts Our Economy

Programming

Attacks on our national infrastructure are already happening. And the expectation is that they will continue to increase at an accelerated rate. For this week’s discussion, we’ll cover threats to our nation’s pipelines. To get started, read this article:

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060054924

After reading the article, start a discussion thread and discuss how the types of threats discussed in the article could impact our economy, and how implementing Diversity and Commonality (as discussed in chapters 4 and 5) could help mitigate these threats.

You must do this following:

1) Create a new thread. As indicated above, discuss how the types of threats discussed in the article referenced above could impact our economy, and how implementing Diversity and Commonality (as discussed in chapters 4 and 5) could help mitigate these threats.

Module 01 Written Assignment – Compare and Contrast Two Mental Health Theories

Science

Submit a paper which compares and contrasts two mental health theories:

  • You may choose your theories from the textbook or from other sources.
  • Describe each theory, including some history about the person who developed the theory and the major ideas and applications of the theory.
  • Describe the ways in which the two theories are similar, and how they differ.
  • Include a statement of how each theory could be used in your nursing practice. Include specific patient examples if you have them. You may also critique the theory: Is there anything with which you disagree or are there any problems you can identify?
  • It is expected that this essay will be 2-3 pages in length (not including the title page), double-spaced. Your paper should include an introduction and conclusion and proper APA citations from any source material you use, including your text.

Book using for Mental Health: Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing- A communication Approach to Evidenced- Based Care (Third EDITION) By Elizabeth M. Varcarolis

Elsevier

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1. What are primitive data types in Java? Is String a primitive data type? Why we can’t use == to compare the values of two strings?

2. How to declare and use arrays of objects? What are the benefits of using arrays of objects?

3. Take a look at code blow, why we will get some errors from JAVA compiler?

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private static void test3(){}

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cp3myclass.test1();

t1.test2();

cp3myclass.test2();

t1.test3();

cp3myclass.test3();

t1.test4();

cp3myclass.test4();

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