Questions from Auditing and Assurance

Q: Find the profitability ratios for the bank Wells Fargo for the most

Find the profitability ratios for the bank Wells Fargo for the most recent year. Provide an analysis of what these ratios indicate for Wells Fargo’s operations and use of its assets. How has Wells Far...

Q: Use the topic guide in an article index database or legal database

Use the topic guide in an article index database or legal database. Research “Theranos.” Explain the rise and fall of this company.

Q: Use a commercial database to examine IBM’s first footnote in its financial

Use a commercial database to examine IBM’s first footnote in its financial statements for 2016. Compare and contrast the advantages or disadvantages in assessing IBM from a commercial database as comp...

Q: Find the name of the major professional accounting journal published by the

Find the name of the major professional accounting journal published by the AICPA. Locate the two most recent articles in this journal using the keyword “derivatives.” Give the citation for these arti...

Q: Conduct a search to find the federal laws and regulations concerning the

Conduct a search to find the federal laws and regulations concerning the environmental liability disclosure requirements for Chevron. List the major items. What database and parts of the database did...

Q: Find 2016 stock prices on one of the largest private equity firms

Find 2016 stock prices on one of the largest private equity firms, the Blackstone Group. How much did their stock price change during that year? Explain why. What sources of information did you use to...

Q: Examine the private company Uber, headquartered in San Francisco. Summarize

Examine the private company Uber, headquartered in San Francisco. Summarize the corporate history of Uber. What legal concerns does this company face? Where did you find this information?

Q: Hugo Crossman, CPA, issued a review statement for the CUNY

Hugo Crossman, CPA, issued a review statement for the CUNY Company for last year and a compiled statement for them in the current year. During the current year, Hugo purchased some CUNY securities, wh...

Q: Locate the insurance company State Farm Group. Using an appropriate database

Locate the insurance company State Farm Group. Using an appropriate database available to you, summarize the key financial ratios that you can find on the company. Compare that information to any info...

Q: Find the growth rate for Yahoo! from January 2015 until it

Find the growth rate for Yahoo! from January 2015 until it was sold to Verizon in 2016. What helps to explain the change in the company’s stock price during that time period?