Accounting

Would you sit to write with only a typewriter and plan to send paper drafts to an editor? Or when using a computer, would you

Burn rate is one of those important metrics that shareholders, CEOs, investors or others involved could use to define how well a company is doing.

Arizona State University professor Steve Doig, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his data-based reporting at the Miami Herald, welcomes scores of journalism students to his

A big part of breaking down a financial statement depends primarily on common sense: Looking at a company’s assets and liabilities. It’s also good to

Any good business journalist regularly heads to a company’s financials to see what is going on. They can be obscure, but there is a lot

A quick measure of competitiveness Analyzing gross profit can be a valuable way for investors (and journalists) to better understand how an entity is competing

Consolidated statements: Information goldmines The word ‘consolidated’ in financial statement titles signals that subsidiary company financials are added to parent company financials. Large economic entities

Controversy with intangible asset accounting Many capital market participants are dissatisfied with intangible asset accounting. The crux of the issue: Intangible assets are the most