Contents: Reporting and interpreting the financial of business activities 2 -- Reporting and financing results on the balance sheet -- Reporting operating results on the income statement -- Adjustments, financial statements, and quality of financial reporting -- Understanding financial reporting -- Understanding financial reporting environment -- Internal control and financial reporting for merchandising operations -- Reporting and interpreting inventories and cost of goods sold -- Reporting and interpreting long - lived tangible and intangible assets -- Reporting and interpreting liabilities -- Reporting and interpretinng stockholders' equity -- Reporting and interpreting receivables, bad debt expense, and interest revenue -- Reporting and interpreting inventories and cost of goods sold -- Reporting and interpreting long - lived tangible and intangible assets -- Reporting and interpreting liabilities -- Reporting and interpreting stocholders' equity -- Reporting and interpreting the statement of cash flows -- Measuring and evaluating financial reporting -- Landry's restaurants, -- Appendix A: Dave & busters inc 2003 annual report -- Appendix B: Dave & Buster's inc. 2003 annual report -- Appendix C: Present and future value concepts -- Appendix D: Reporting and interpreting investments in other corporations.