Altering Interpretation of SPEs
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A 6 page paper discussing changes proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in interpreting the Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 51 that defines the special purpose entity (SPE) and provides guidelines on when an SPE’s results must be consolidated into the balance sheet of the company that owns it. This paper summarizes the changes proposed by FASB as well as the reasons underlying the proposed change. FASB pursues alteration for reasons serving accounting theory as well as in response to specific recent abuses. Includes executive summary. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSacctSPEinterp.rtf
Paper Title: Altering Interpretation of SPEs

Altering Monetary Policy
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A 5 page paper discussing a given set of hypothetical economic conditions, analyzing the conditions individually and in the presence of other, related indicators. The Federal Reserve’s action should be to reduce interest rates to encourage business expansion and consumer spending. As spending increases, GDP growth rate will increase as well, as will demand for consumer goods and services. Businesses will need to produce more of each, and likely will need to hire additional workers. If these have been out of the labor force for some time they will increase personal spending too, contributing to greater growth of GDP. Regardless of where interest rates are, the government needs to control its own spending. Bibliography lists 3 source.
Filename: KSeconMonPol.rtf
Paper Title: Altering Monetary Policy

Alternative Minimum Tax
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A 12 page paper discussing the tax originally intended to keep the nation's wealthiest individuals from being able to deduct their way into little or no tax liability. Inflation and increasing popularity of investing in the stock market have contributed to much greater numbers of people being subject to the alternative minimum tax in addition to their regular tax. The paper identifies and discusses the most common ways that middle-class taxpayers become subject to the AMT. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSaltMinTax.wps
Paper Title: Alternative Minimum Tax

Alternatives to the GDP as the Measurement of Development
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that the gross domestic product (GDP) is not one of the more complicated of the many contemporary economic indicators. It is simply a measure of the total production and consumption of goods and services in any economy. Such simplicity is both its strength and its weakness in measuring development in an economy. Because of its straight-forward nature, it is generally used as one of the most accurate descriptors of a nation’s economic health. However, it does not necessarily provide the most in-depth or focused information. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWgdpcap.wps
Paper Title: Alternatives to the GDP as the Measurement of Development

Altria Group Inc.
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This 7 page paper assesses the performance of the Altria Group Inc, well known as owner of Philip Morris, makers of the Marlboro cigarettes and majority owner of Kraft Foods. The paper looks at production and cycles performance ratios and suggests some improvements. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEaltria.rtf
Paper Title: Altria Group Inc.

Amazon, BMW and GM
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This 3 page paper looks at the net income, cash flow and assessing the way that the book value of the assets may be reflective of the real asset values for three firms; Amazon, BMW and General Motors. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEamzbmwgm.rtf
Paper Title: Amazon, BMW and GM

Amazon.com
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This 7 page paper looks at the performance of Amazon, the online retailer, giving some background to the firm and then performing a ratio analysis for 2006 – 2008 and then looking at the stick performance and the international performance of the firm. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEamazon08.rtf
Paper Title: Amazon.com

Amazon.com's Financials
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This 5 page paper provides charts reflecting Amazon.com's balance sheets with some calculations of business ratios as well. The ratios are analyzed. Basic company information is provided for this 1995 Internet start up. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA218Amn.rtf
Paper Title: Amazon.com's Financials

AMD and ATI Proposed Merger
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This 6 page paper looks at the proposed merger of AMD and ATI, considering it from the perspectives of anti-trust legislation. The paper looks at the motivations for the merger and the likely impact on the market before coming to a conclusion. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEAMDATI.rtf
Paper Title: AMD and ATI Proposed Merger

Amending a Budget
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This 4 page paper looks at a budget and amends it, increasing all areas associated with IT by 4% and decreasing the total budget by 2%. The writer chooses where the cuts are made and justifies the reduction.
Filename: TEamendbud.rtf
Paper Title: Amending a Budget