The owner of the company where you work finds out that you are majoring in accounting and she wants you to explain the corporate structure to her. She also wants to see why someone would want to invest in a corporation. She wants to better understand stock transactions that the corporation would engage in.
She wants you to:
Explain the corporate structure.
Select two companies in the same industry and find their financial statements for the last two years. Provide citations for all statements.
Compare the stockholder's equity between these two company's financial statements.
Explain what kinds of stock transactions have taken place in the last two years.