1. What is the values of Net income versus the total for operating activities:
2. What are the items of significance between net income and total for operating activities?
3. Is the business providing cash flow from operations?
4. Describe outstanding long-term assets in type & amount of purchased, sold, or retired during the current period as well as last year.
5. Describe outstanding financing activities used by the corporation to increase cash or other assets. It would be related to long-term liabilities and stockholders' equity.
6. Compare this year to last year of the Overall Cash Flow in three sections.

2017 Fiscal Year Ended OPERATING ACTIVITIES: C018 2.884.9 Net earnings including noncontrolling interests Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities: 4,518.0 1,067.1 Depreciation and amortization Deferred income taxes, net 1.305.9 714.9 95.1 Income eamed from equity method investees (242.S) (310.2) Distributions received from equity method investees 186.6 226.8 Gain resulting from acquisition of joint venture (1,376.4) f certain retail operations (499.2) Net gain resulting from divestiture Stock-based compensation Goodwill impairments (93.5) 250.3 176.0 37.6 S7.2 S9.0 68.9 Other Cash provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable 131.0 (96.S) Inventories (41.2) 14.0 391.6 Accounts payable 46 4 7,109.4 Deferred revenue 130.8 Other operating assets and 1liabilities (677.1) (4.7) Net cash provided by operating activities 11,937.8 4.251.8 INVESTING ACTIVITIES: (674.4) Purchases of investments (191.9) Sales of investments 459.0 1,054.5 Maturities and calls of investments 45.3 149.6 Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (1.311.3) Additions to property, plant and equipment (1,976.4) (1,519.4) 608.2 Net proceeds from the divestiture of certain operations 85.4 Other 5.6 54.3 Net cash used by investing activi (850.0) (2,361.5 FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 5,584.1 750.2 Repayments of long-term debt (400.0) Proceeds from issuance of common stock 153.9 150.8 Cash dividends paid (1,743.4) (1,450.4) Repurchase of common stock Minimum tax withholdings on share-based awards (7,133.5) (2,042.5) (62.7) (82.S) Other (41.2) (4.4) Net cash used by financing activities (3.242.8) (3,079.1) (39.5 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 10.8 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: 6,294.0 333.5 Beginning of period 2,462.3 2,128.8 2.462.1 8,756.3 End of period SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: Cash paid during the period for Interest, net of capitalized interest