Includes index.

Contents:Business decisions and financial accounting -- Reporting investing and financing result on the balance sheet -- Reporting operating results on the income statement -- Adjustments, financial reporting and analysis -- Internal control and financial reporting for cash and merchandising operations -- Reporting and interpreting receivables, bad debt expense, and interest revenue --Reporting and interpreting long- lived tangible and intangible assets -- Reporting and interpreting liabilities -- Reporting and interpreting the statement of cash flows --Measuring and evaluating financial performance -- Appendix A: Landry's restaurants, inc. 2005 annual report -- Appendix B: Outback steakhouse, inc. 10-K/A Report -- Appendix C: Present and future value concepts -- Appendix D: Reporting and interpreting investments in other corporations.