Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for February 1998)
Come back next month to see how savvy you are about
annual reports to shareholders of publicly held companies.
| 1. | Despite how harsh you can be, companies still rush to send you their annuals for review. True or false? | ||
| 2. | You’ve been monitoring the world’s annuals since the 1982 crop – for 16 years, now. True or false? | ||
| 3. | You select the world’s annuals, 10 best and 10 worst. Don’t you mean the U.S.' best and worst? | ||
| 4. | Once you take a company to task for, say, obfuscation in the letter to shareholders, the CEO and others wisely take your criticism to heart. True or false? | ||
| 5. | But when you name an annual report to the list of world’s worst, management sits up and takes notice. Not true? |