Business english
Ourbonds are traded on bondmarkets.
Wealsoborrowmoneyfrombanksintheform of loans, and wepay internest on thislending. Ofc, ourshareholders,
bondholders and lenders all take a keen interestinouraccounts. Theresultswepublishcanaffectshareprices;
goodresultscausepricestoriseifthe market believesthecompanyisundervalued. However, poor resultsoftencause a
dropinshareprice, asinvestors feel thecompanyisovervalued. Accrualsprincipleormethodmeansthateventsin a
particularreportingperiod, are recordedinthatperiod, ratherthanwhenmoneyisactuallyreceivedor paid out,
whichmayhappenin a laterperiod.TheP&L account(incomestatement in USA) recordstheprofitorthe loss
during a particularreportingperiodusingtheaccrualsprinciple.We show thecost of goodsold(COGS),
forexamplelabor costs cost of employeessalaries and thecost of materials.General expenses
thecostsrelatedtomakingthesesalessuchassalespeoplessalaries, rent forbuildings, etc. A cost of depreciation