Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for December 1997)
Come back next month to see how savvy you are about
annual reports to shareholders of publicly held companies.
| 1. | CEOs are more honest in their annual reports now than in the past. True or false? | ||
| 2. | Strangely enough, health-maintenance organizations have the world's best reports. True or false? | ||
| 3. | The question-and-answer format is gaining a toehold. True or false? | ||
| 4. | You said Owens Corning's CEO was pictured in his company's report "holding a Botswana baby, digging a ditch for Habitat for Humanity and hanging out with some boys in the 'hood." Surely you weren't serious! True or false? | ||
| 5. | Annuals aren't worth the time and money spent to produce them. True or false? | ||
| 6. | Speaking of dough: A guy in San Francisco says the average cost to produce a report is $6.50. Can that be true? |