Question: please answer Amazon.com, Inc. is one of the largest Internet retailers in the world. Walmart Stores, Inc. is the REAL WORLD largest retailer in the

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Amazon.com, Inc. is one of the largest Internet retailers in the world. Walmart Stores, Inc. is the REAL WORLD largest retailer in the United States. Amazon and Walmart compete in similar markets; however, Walmart sells through both traditional retail stores and the Internet, while Amazon sells only through the Internet. Interest expense and income before income tax expense from the financial statements of both companies for two recent years follow (in millions): Amazon Walmart Year 2 Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 $ 2,461 24,799 $141 $ 2,335 Interest expense Income (loss) before income tax expense 210 (111) 274 24,656 1. Compute the times interest earned ratio for both companies for the two years. (Round to one decimal place.) 2. -Interpret Amazon's interest coverage from Year 1 to Year 2 3. Does a times interest earned ratio less than 1.0 mean that creditors will not get paid interest? 4. -Interpret Walmart's interest coverage from Year 1 to Year 2 5. Which company appears to have the greater protection for creditors
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