HW-1787 Finance questions

Write a 350 word response to the following e-mail:

Dear Consultant,

I am currently starting a business and developing my business plan. I'm in need of some advice on how to start forming my business. I am not sure exactly how it will be financed and whether or not I want to take on partners. I am interested and willing to learn the intricacies of my options to determine how to best proceed with my plan.

Please advise on what my options are, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and possible tax consequences for each scenario?


Respectfully,

John Owner


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1. What are three general perspectives that use financial statements in their decision making? (100words)

2. How are financial ratios used? (100words)

3. What are three different ways that a manager can gather benchmark data? (100words)

4. What is the Dupont system of analysis? (100words)

5. Select a USA publicly trading company. Go to Yahoo Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/) and punch the company's ticker symbol in the box on the top left and click "Look up". (100words)

Use the "financials" tab on the bottom left to discuss the following (click on the balance sheet and select annual data):



A- Calculate and interpret the Company's quick ratio



B- Calculate and interpret the company's current ratio

C- Can you detect a positive or negative time trend?


6.Why does google not pay dividends to shareholders? (100words)


Answer will be sent by email as attachment.