Financial accounting information can often be found at financial websites. These websites are useful for collecting information

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Financial accounting information can often be found at financial websites. These websites are useful for collecting information about a company’s stock price, analysts’ forecasts, dividend history, historical financial accounting information, and much more. One such site is Yahoo! Finance ( finance.yahoo.com).


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1. Visit Yahoo! Finance and get a stock quote for The Kroger Company. To do this, type “KR” in the “Get Quotes” box. Under “Financials” click on the “Cash Flow” link. Determine Kroger’s cash flows from

(a) Operating activities,

(b) Investing activities,

(c) Financing activities for the most recent year.

2. Complete requirement 1 for Sprouts Farmers Market by typing “SFM” in the “Get Quotes” box.

3. Does each company’s total cash flows equal the change in the balance of cash shown on the first line of the balance sheet this year versus last year? Find your answer by clicking on the “Balance Sheet” link.

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1259914898

5th edition

Authors: David Spiceland, Wayne M. Thomas, Don Herrmann

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