As the CFO of a company, what indicators would you look at to assess whether your firm’s long-term assets were impaired? What approaches could be used, either by management or an independent valuation firm, to assess the dollar value of any asset impairment? As a financial analyst, what indicators would you look at to assess whether a firm’s long-term assets were impaired? What questions would you raise with the firm’s CFO about any charges taken for asset impairment?

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