Financial Accounting Company Background

Financial Accounting Company Background Order Description   Purpose: Use a variety of resources to research a corporation and prepare a well-written paper describing the corporation. Requirement: ( I'VE CHOSEN COMCAST AS MY COMPANY) Research and describe the company’s primary business activities. In addition, provide information regarding the company’s history, position within the industry, competition, recent developments and future direction. Include information from a variety of sources. Value Line Investment Survey published by Value Line, Inc. Standard and Poor’s Stock Reports or Corporation Records published by S&P, Inc. Moody’s Industrial Manual, published by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. If none of the above are available for your corporation, please contact the reference librarian who may be able help you identify other similar sources. Select at least two significant new items from recent business periodicals about your company. Examples of business periodicals include The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, etc. Explore the company’s corporate website. This website should provide you with updated, comprehensive information including links to current news items and financial information. Remember, this information may be biased in favor of the company since it is provided by the company. Use information from at least one of the following financial services. These services provide historical summaries, descriptions of primary business activities, recent development and select financial information about publicly traded companies. Submit a report that is three to five pages long, typed, double-spaced. This report should be well written with introductory and concluding paragraphs and use proper citation. Download the latest copy of Word (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.   Company Selection: Each student must select a company that is currently publicly traded on an exchange such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or Nasdaq or another company that is regulated by the SEC. Company MUST be approved by instructor. No banking or financial corporations are allowed because of complexity with the financial statements of these types of companies. Submission: Each project needs to be in a single document (.doc or .pdf formats would work best) and submitted in Canvas through the appropriate assignment. Each student will submit a complete financial analysis that must include title page, written analysis and recommendations and work cited/references in a single document. Each student must submit all parts outlined in the instructions. No late assignment will be accepted. Format: Typed, double-spaced in a readable 12-point font with margins no larger than 1” on all sides. Must use APA citation format. All references should be cited. Appendices: Source materials must be included in separate appendices such as annual reports and financial statements. Other source materials may be included in an appendix if it meets all of the following criteria: 1) the source is relevant to the your topic; 2) you refer to the material in written analysis and want the reader to be able to view the full source; and 3) the source material is too long to only use a direct quotation.