You are compiling the consolidated financial statements for Vu Corporation International (VCI), a public company. The corporation€™s accountant, Timothy Chow, has provided you with the following segment information.
Note 7: Major Segments of Business
VCI conducts funeral service and cemetery operations in Canada and the United States. Substantially all revenues of VCI€™s major segments of business are from unaffiliated customers. Segment information for fiscal 2011, 2010, and 2009, follows:

Instructions
Determine which of the segments must be reported separately and which can be combined under the category €œOther.€ Then write a one-page memo to the company€™s accountant, Timothy Chow, that explains all of the following:
(a) Which segments must be reported separately and which ones can be combined
(b) Which criteria you used to determine the reportable segments
(c) What major items must be disclosed for each segment?

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Floral Cemetery Corporate Dried Whey Limousine Consolidated $302,000 $10,000 83,000事 -0- $7,000 串14,000 $416,000 Operating Income: $79,000 事 1,500 事18,000 $(36,000) $500 2,000 $ 65,000 6,000 (21,000) apital Expenditures* 事26,000 $1,000 9,000事 400 事300 1,000 事37,700 1,500 Depreciation and Amortization 事13,000 $ 100 2,400事1,400 事100 200 事17,200 Identifiable Assets: $334,000 1,500 $162,000$114,000 $ 500 1,000 8,000 $620,000 $222,000事1,230 $132,000 $99,000 $ 340 6,000 $460,570 757 86 737 237 640 589 722 729 069 126 643 392 7 0 2 5 3 4 642 863 2 4 424 153 947 972 681 296 315 7 9 521 505 293 2 0 2 2 2 32 322 $ 221 109 109 109 109 109 0 it 11 Li