Take a look at the most recent annual report (Form 10-K) of a public company. You can go to www.sec.gov and look up a company or go to the company's website and look under Investor Relations. Review the company's financial statements and the footnotes and comment on what aspect generally. Provide a link to the Form 10-K in your post.

For instance I could go Apple's latest Firm 10-K and specifically looked at the Company's balance sheet as of 9/28/2013. The company has $14 billion in cash and cash equivalents. According to footnote 2, this amount consists of cash, short-term investments including money markets and investments in government securities.

See http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000119312513416534/d590790d10k.htm#toc590790_23