Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for July 1998)
Come back each month to see how savvy you are about
annual reports to shareholders of publicly held companies.
| 1. | Key to producing an award-winning annual report is to buddy up to the guy who picks them. True or false? | ||
| 2. | The Securities and Exchange Commission promised to expedite companies’ filings if they would strive for a "plain English" approach to the annual report, among other items. True or false? | ||
| 3. | Quaker Oats’ chief executive is new to the job. New bosses usually start off telling the truth in at least their initial letter to shareholders. True or false? | ||
| 4. | Unless a company’s annual report scores well in your competition, it won’t be praised by you. True or false? | ||
| 5. | When a company with a new CEO does a Q&A with him, you can bet the store it’ll be laden with lobsthat is, with soft pitches. True or false? |
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