Topline Home Improvement Corp.

Swan-Davis, Inc. (SDI) manufactures equipment for sale to large contractors. The company was founded in 1976 by Tom Stone, the current chairman, and it went public in 1980 at $1 per share. The stock currently sells for $15, Stone owns 14 percent of the shares, and other officers and directors control another 13 percent. The industry is cyclical, and competition is strong, so profits are some-what unstable. Tables 1, 2, and 3 provide historical balance sheets, income statements, and ratios for the company for the period 1994–1996, Table 4 provides industry average data for 1994-1996, and Table 5 provides one security analyst’s forecasted data for the company based on assumptions

1. How would you classify Forest Hill Paper Company in terms of size and ownership?

Inflation erodes the purchasing power of a bond 's future cash flows. A rise in inflation will cause investors to demand higher yields to compensate for inflation rate risk. Also, prices will tend to drop because the bond will be paying interest with less purchasing power.

The growing trend of home improvement has perpetuated a larger demand for box store home improvement shops such as Home Depot and Lowe’s. There are several types of companies that contribute to the booming renovation industry. Home Depot and Lowe’s provide all the

Home Depot is the fastest growing retailer in the U.S. by some accounts. It has a fascinating history of innovation and entrepreneurship. The company had some difficulties in the mid-2000s that some attribute to cultural clashes. However, during this period the company was able to take full advantage of the housing boom. Yet when the bubble burst, Home Depot was forced to claim substantial losses. Despite these loses Home Depot has weathered the storm fairly well and is in prime position to take advantage of an economic recovery; if it ever comes.

The Sherwin Williams Paint Company was started in 1866 by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams in Cleveland, OH. Since the company’s inception there has always been a focus on providing customers with high quality goods and services. As one can imagine the organization has undergone some changes since its inception to becoming one of the top paint manufactures in the United States. The company kicked off 2016 with a bang by naming its 9th Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, John Morikis, on January 1st and making former CEO Chris Connor executive chairman of the board (Cho, 2015). Also, mentioned by Cho (2015), Morikis has been with the company for 31 years and, “He is the company 's first management trainee to rise to CEO” (2013,

1) Prepare the manufacturing staff’s calculations for the three alternatives (please refer to the attachments):

Please provide an articulate, concise, and theoretically sound answer. Answers need to be supported with examples from the texts and Exhibits. This may require some due diligence on your part. Please retype the question and your response.

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3. Leather for products was delivered from Brazil to Mexico, where it was easier to process it due to lower environmental restrictions

The first would be that instead of capitalizing the $210,000 to set up displays to promote the line, these displays could have been recorded as an Advertising Expense. One of the IFRS criteria for something to be considered an asset is that the benefit must be reasonably measurable. When it comes to anything done for the purpose of advertisement or promotion, it is hard to measure the benefit and that is why this cost could have been expensed rather than capitalized. However, by recording this event as an expense this would mean that Athina’s net income would have been overstated by $210,000 and that is an undesirable outcome for the national chain.

IntroductionLinda Best, a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) from Sarnia, Canada is the founder and sole shareholder of Best Financial Services Inc. which was established on January 1, 2001. Sarnia, the largest city in South Ontario, bordered the United States and was heavily populated with aging baby boomers and blue-collar workers. Best Financial earned its revenues mainly from blue-collar workers nearing retirement. Best financial had formed strong relationships with many clients throughout Sarnia and managed over 1000 financial plans allowing a steady revenue and profit growth. The key services provided by Best Financial are risk management, tax preparation and professional money management. The company’s Assets under Management were

Apex Investment Partners was founded in 1987 by James A. Johnson and the First Analysis Corporation. In its eight-year life, the VC had raised three funds. The two first which are already closed had, together, a committed capital of around $70M. There were mainly concentrated in four areas: • • • • Telecommunication, information technology and software. Environmental and industrial productivity-related technologies. Consumer products and specialty retail. Health-care and related technologies.

1. There were many adjustments that were made in the original balance sheet to properly record overstatements made by DHB Inc. In the current assets, one major entry that was heavily overstated was inventory. Inventory went from $47,560,000 to $38,231,000. The difference of $47,742,000 is a material due to the magnitude of the difference.

Trinity Industries Inc. is a “diverse industrial company that has managed to tap a variety of market-leading businesses providing products and services to the energy, transportation, chemical, and construction sectors” (Trinity Industrial INC. – about us). Trinity’ 2015 10K annual report was used to derive the following information. Their main headquarters is located in Texas, their state of incorporation is Delaware, and they have been publicly traded since 1958 on the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “TRN”. Trinity employs over twenty thousand individuals primarily in the United States, and Mexico and maintains a distinct group of clients through their five segments. The first Rail Group, which is the heart of the company earned