Choose a company name and answer question 1 and 2

Sometimes, different companies have similar names. To provide exact identification, web sites usually request you to type in the company's stock ticker symbol. (The stock ticker symbol is a one-to-five letter code under which the company's stock trades on the stock exchanges.) As soon as possible, identify your company's stock ticker symbol. It will make your search for information easier.

1 Use your Internet sources to obtain the information requested below and to answer the questions that follow. a. Basic company facts: 1) Complete name of firm: 2) State in which the company is incorporated: 3) Yearinwhich the companywas founded: 4) Primary and secondary SIC codes 5) Independent auditor: 6) Stock exchange(s) where its shares are traded: 7) Stock ticker symbol: b. Describe the products your company offers and type(s) of customers to whom those products are probably sold. c. Is your company a large company? Identify several measures that could be used to describe the "size" of a company. How does your firm measure up on those attributes? d. Describe the composition of your company's Board of Directors (e.g., age, gender, background experience, etc.) e. Is your company part of a "group" of companies? For example, does it have subsidiaries? Is your firm a subsidiary of some other firm? Discuss. 2 What are the most interesting aspects of your company (or its industry) that you have discovered so far? Discuss