In 450 words or more, please discuss the following:

• differences between debt financing and equity financing
• accounting differences between preferred stock and common shares.
• accounting for treasury shares; why do firms want to buy back their own shares? How do firms use their treasury shares?
• accounting for cash dividend and stock dividend;
• Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI): why are they disclosed in stockholders' equity section?
• How do you compute EPS? Please comment on the WSJ article I posted (GE's Numbers Game)