Question

hrough research on the Internet or other valid sources, identify one Proprietorship, one Partnership and one publicly held Corporation. Write a summary of each type of business organization. That must include the name of the business entity, a description of what it does, when it was established, and its main or headquarters location. Other data may include how many employees it has, how many physical locations, a listing of the entity's business assets, an estimate of its annual Net Revenues Through Internet research or other available resources, find in the Annual report the dollar amount in the two most recent years the following Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Assets as Cash Flow from Financing Activities Cash Flow from Investing Activities Cash Flow from Operating Activities (or from Operations) Common Stock Cost of Goods Sold Depreciation Earnings after Taxes Expenses Equities Inventory Liabilities Marketable Securities Notes Payable Profit Retained Earnings Revenues Taxes What is your impression of that business entity given the last three years worth of financial statements? Compare and contrastcategories and years. Is it getting better or worse? How can you tell? Provide a detailed analysis. Let the data drive the analysis

Answer 1

Sole proprietorship company

Name= Cargill

About

Cargill’s 155,000 employees across 70 countries work relentlessly to achieve our purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Every day, we connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

We combine 153 years of experience with new technologies and insights to serve as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers in more than 125 countries. Side-by-side, we are building a stronger, sustainable future for agriculture. For more information, visit Cargill.com and our News Center.

Location=

Cargill India Pvt. Ltd.

14th Floor, Building 9A,
DLF Cyber City, Phase-III,
Gurgaon – 122002 (Haryana)
India

Cargill Business Services India Pvt. Ltd.

3rd Floor, Bock 9, Pritech Park SEZ
Bellandur, Varthur Hobli
Bangalore
India

Product and services

Grain and oilseeds

animal nutrition

Bio industrial

Established on1865

William Wallace (W. W.) Cargill becomes the proprietor of a grain warehouse in Conover, Iowa, at the end of the McGregor & Western Railroad line.

1870

Founder W. W. Cargill establishes his headquarters in Albert Lea, Minnesota, taking advantage of the Southern Minnesota Railroad’s expansion.

Financial result

Cargill today reported financial results for the fiscal 2018 first quarter ended Aug. 31, 2017. Key results include:

• Adjusted operating earnings totaled $888 million, exceeding by 7 percent the $827 million earned in last year’s strong comparative period.
• Net earnings on a U.S. GAAP basis were $973 million, up 14 percent from $852 million a year ago.
• Revenues totaled $27.3 billion, edging ahead of last year’s $27.1 billion.gill today reported financial results for the fiscal 2018 first quarter ended Aug. 31

Cargill today reported financial results for the fiscal 2016 first quarter ended Aug. 31, 2015. Key measures include:

• Adjusted operating earnings in the first quarter were $611 million, compared with $619 million in the same period a year ago.
• Net earnings were $512 million, a 20 percent increase from last year’s $425 million.
• Revenues were $27.5 billion, down 17 percent from $33.3 billion a year ago.

Partnership firms

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings Inc, trading and commonly known as Ben & Jerry's, is an American company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet. It was founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, and sold in 2000 to Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever. Today it operates globally as a fully owned subsidiary of Unilever. Its present-day headquarters is in South Burlington, Vermont, with its main factory in Waterbury, Vermont.

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc.

MJERRIS
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Food processing
Founded	May 5, 1978; 40 years ago Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Founders	Ben Cohen Jerry Greenfield
Headquarters	South Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Key people	Jostein Solheim (CEO)[1] Ben Cohen (co-founder) Jerry Greenfield (co-founder)
Products	Ice cream
Parent	Unilever (2000–present)
Website	www.benjerry.com

Ben and Jerry's has locations around the world.

• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Bahamas
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Kosovo
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Netherlands Antilles
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Romania
• Serbia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Turkey
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States

Public corporations

NTPC is India’s largest power utility with an installed capacity of 52,946 MW, plans to become a 130 GW company by 2032. Established in 1975, NTPC aims to be the world’s largest and best power major.

NTPC has comprehensive Rehabilitation & Resettlement and CSR policies well integrated with its core business of setting up power projects and generating electricity. The company is committed to generating reliable power at competitive prices in a sustainable manner by optimising the use of multiple energy sources with innovative eco-friendly technologies thereby NTPC is contributing to the economic development of the nation and upliftment of the society.

Native name	राष्ट्रीय ताप विद्युत निगम लिमिटेड
Formerly	National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.
Type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 532555 NSE: NTPC BSE SENSEX Constituent CNX Nifty Constituent
ISIN	INE733E01010
Industry	Electric utility
Founded	7 November 1975; 43 years ago
Headquarters	NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi , India[1]
Area served	India
Key people	Gurdeep Singh (Chairman & MD)[2]
Services	Electricity generation and distribution natural gas exploration, production, transportation and distribution
Revenue	₹88,083.30 crore(US$12 billion)[3] (2016-17)
Operating income	₹12,387.90 crore(US$1.7 billion)[3]
Total assets	₹236,577.49 crore(US$33 billion) (2017)[3]
Number of employees	19739[4] (March 2018)