The U S government began standardizing and regulating financial reporting in 1929 when the stock market crash made it painfully clear that businesses often made absurd claims and that investors were either gullible, unable to verify information, or both Now, financial reports are used by a company's management to measure profitability (or lack одйкг of it), optimize operations and guide the company, by banks and other lenders to gauge the company's financial health, and by institutional or individual investors interested in purchasing stock Unless you're financially savvy, annual reports with all those figures, frustrating footnotes, and fine print are boring and intimidating However, once you have a fundamental knowledge of finance and its basic terminology, you can find the juicy parts ".  magnifi2005 г Мягкая обложка, 384 стр ISBN 0764577336.