Evaluation of Corporate Performance
Edgar P. Lucas, Jr.
BUS 401 Principles of Finance
Instructor: Richard Burke
September 1, 2014
History
Incorporated in New York on June 16, 1911 as The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company as a result of a consolidation of The Computing Scale Company of America, The Tabulating Machine Company and The International Time Recording Company of New York. Present name adopted in 1924 as a result of a merger with International Business Machines Corporation.
In Mar. 1922, Co. absorbed Peirce Accounting Machine Company.
On Feb. 14, 1924, Co. merged International Business Machines Corporation and assumed the name of that company.
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pounds
1254000
1254000
Other debt in Japanese yen
1057000
1057000
Other debt in Swiss francs
181000
181000
Other debt in Canadian
471000
471000
Other currencies debt
291000
291000
Long-term debt
37036000
37036000
Less: net unamortized premium (discount)
-872000
-872000
Add: fair value adjustment
546000
546000
Long-term debt before current maturities
36710000
36710000
Less: current maturities
3854000
3854000
Long-term debt
32856000
32856000
Retirement & nonpension postretirement benefit obligations
16242000
16242000
Deferred income
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