Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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Author: Carl Warren
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.2.1MBA
Quantitative metrics
JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU) is a passenger airline with flights to destinations throughout the United States, the Caribbean. and Latin America. Costco (COST) operates membership retail warehouses offering a variety of products including foods, electronics, appliances, and clothing.
For each company, go to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEQ Internet site bitp://u’wu’.sc i/edgar/warcbedgar/companywarcb.birnl. In the search box ‘Fast Search, enter the Central Index Key (stock market ticker symbol) shown next to the company name. Once the EDGAR Search screen appears, type in 10-K for Filing Type. Open the most recent 10-K file and search the file for ‘metric using the ‘Edit and Find’ functions.
List the quantitative metrics that appear in each company’s 10-K.
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