Stockholders’ Equity Items
Visit the home page of Staples, Inc., at the following Internet address: www.staples.com
Locate the company's most current balance sheet by selecting Corporate Information.
Instructions
Answer the following questions: | a. | Does the company report preferred stock in its balance sheet? If so, how many shares are currently outstanding?
| | b. | How much common stock does the company report in its most recent balance sheet? What is the par value of each? | | c. | Does the company report any treasury stock? Has this amount changed since the previous year? |
Internet sites are time and date sensitive. It is the purpose of these exercises to have you explore the Internet. You may need to use the Yahoo! search engine http://www.yahoo.com(or another favorite search engine) to find a company's current Web address. | 