Amazon.com, Inc.'s financial statements are presented in Appendix D. Financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented

Question:

Amazon.com, Inc.'s are presented in Appendix D. of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented in Appendix E. Instructions for accessing and using the complete annual reports of Amazon and Wal-Mart, including the notes to the are also provided in Appendices D and E, respectively.
Instructions
(a) Based on the information contained in these determine the following for each company.
(1) Total assets at December 31, 2015, for Amazon and for Wal-Mart at January 31, 2016.
(2) Receivables (net) at December 31, 2015, for Amazon and for Wal-Mart at January 31, 2016.
(3) Net sales (product only) for the year ended in 2015 (2016 for Wal-Mart).
(4) Net income for the year ended in 2015 (2016 for Wal-Mart).
(b) What conclusions concerning these two companies can be drawn from these data?
Financial Statements
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