High Return Investments

Financial statements

In the modern capitalist system, most governments require publicly-traded
companies to issue a set of documents each year called financial statements
or financial reports. This set most often consists of the "balance sheet",
the "income statement", the "statement of retained earnings", and the
"statement of cash flows", in addition to supplementary notes and management
discussion. In the United States, publicly-traded companies are required to
prepare based on generally accepted accounting principles.

Each statement presents financial data relating to a company's current
financial health, business results for the previous period, and other
indicators that are used by prospective investors to consider purchasing the
company's stock.

To entice new investors, most American companies assemble their financial
statements on fine paper with pleasing graphics and photos, attempting to
capture the excitement and culture of the organization in a "marketing
brochure" of sorts.

Financial statements must be carefully inspected and certified by
independent auditors to avoid misleading information and fraudulent
financial presentation, as required by law.

Investment FreshNews:

British finance minister paints bleak picture of economy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:25:20 GMT
Britain's economic downturn is worse than previously thought and there is no extra money available for public spending, finance minister Alistair Darling said in an interview published Saturday.

IAC Raises $2 Billion in Debt to Finance Spinoff Plan (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:50:44 GMT
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- IAC/InterActiveCorp , the Internet company controlled by Barry Diller , signed agreements to raise almost $2 billion to finance the spinoffs of three divisions, part of a plan to break up the company.

$2.45b sale to finance major mine expansion (Toowoomba Chronicle)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:36:25 GMT
THE sale of a Central Queensland coal project will help finance a massive expansion of the New Acland coal mine near Oakey.

Fitch Confirms Indiana Finance Authority Lease Bonds, Series 2003C&D at 'AA' (Centre Daily Times)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:55:21 GMT
Fitch Ratings has confirmed its underlying 'AA' rating to the Indiana Finance Authority's (authority) conversion of $71,250,000 facilities revenue refunding bonds, series 2003C and 2003D to term-rate period from auction-rate securities. The bonds are expected to be offered via negotiation on July 24. Fitch also affirms at 'AA' approximately $3 billion of Indiana's appropriation debt. The Rating ...

Leading Structured Finance Lawyers, William "Butch" Cullen and Janet Barbiere Join Kaye Scholer LLP (Centre Daily Times)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:13:33 GMT
Kaye Scholer LLP announced that William J. "Butch" Cullen and Janet A. Barbiere have joined the firm's Corporate & Finance Department, as Partners in its New York office, effective today.

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