For many years, Borders Group and Barnes and Noble were the dominant booksellers in the United States.

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For many years, Borders Group and Barnes and Noble were the dominant booksellers in the United States. They experienced rapid growth, and in the process they forced many small, independent bookstores out of business. Recently, Borders filed for bankruptcy. It was the victim of its inability to change with the times. It did not develop a viable business plan for dealing with digital books and online sales. Below is financial information (in millions) for the two companies, taken from the annual reports of each company one year before Borders filed for bankruptcy.

For many years, Borders Group and Barnes and Noble were

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(a) Compute the current ratio for each company.
(b) Compute the debt to assets ratio and times interest earned for each company. (A tax benefit means that rather than pay taxes, the company was due a refund because of its losses. For ratio purposes, a tax benefit is treated the opposite of tax expense.)
(c) Discuss the relative liquidity and solvency of each company. Did the bankruptcy of
Borders seem likely?

Solvency
Solvency means the ability of a business to fulfill its non-current financial liabilities. Often you have heard that the company X went insolvent, this means that the company X is no longer able to settle its noncurrent financial...
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Financial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making

ISBN: 978-1118953907

8th edition

Authors: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso

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