For intermediate and financial accounting courses at the MBA and undergraduate level, or a supplement to financial statement analysis texts. This collection of financial accounting cases is designed to help students become financial statement users. Each case utilizes financial statement information (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow and/or footnotes) and a number of topical questions. Students use the financial statement information to infer and interpret the economic events underlying the numbers. Related articles taken from business publications accompany some cases, and information from the articles is incorporated into the case question material. *NEW - Updated financial statements. *Provides students with contemporary, real world information. *NEW - Stream-lined format With additional cases available on line. *Provides students with vital, relevant information without the bulk and extra cost. *NEW - New cases and examples. *Provides students with most current information available. *Cross section of companies. *Enables students to recognize the vocabulary of financial reporting. *Earnings quality and persistence. *Enables students to recognize the issues