Amazon.com, Inc.’s financial statements are presented in Appendix D. Financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented in Appendix E. Instructions for accessing and using the complete annual reports of Amazon and Wal-Mart, including the notes to the financial statements, are also provided in Appendices D and E, respectively.

Instructions

(a) What are the basic earnings per share for both Amazon and Wal-Mart as of December 31, 2013, and January 31, 2014, respectively?

(b) What was the total amount of dividends, if any, paid by Amazon for the year ending December 31, 2013? What was the total dividends paid by Wal-Mart for the year ending January 31, 2014?