Dear Prof. Stiner 

  Thank you for your reply

  If you can, please send me the URL.  How long have you been studying music? 
  If you see the yahoo web in Japanese that you can find the instrument.

  And please enter the pass   word "二胡".

 Thank you for the website, but I cannot write Japanese with my computer.

Sumi massen.> 

   So you learned your instrument after you came to Japan?

   I learned it in Shanghai before I came to Japan. 

 Do you usually write your messages in the morning or in the afternoon or in the evening?

   I usually write my messages in the afternoon.  

   Sorry, Lin.  This site is seen with Netscape 7.1 or Internet Explorer 6.0.  It cannot be seen with Netscape 4.7.

   I will try to find it to the other place. Thank you for advice.

 Homework: 

 1.A. Does Japan's Securities and Exchange Commission have a website? What is it?

    トヨタFS証券

  「トヨタMMF」をはじめとした投資信託商品をラインアップ。公債やトヨタ金融

   グループ  http://www.toyota-fss.com


 1.B  Name one way the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is different from Japan's Securities and Exchange Commission.

     CIO online : Case File (SEC)

 2.A  How many companies listed on the NYSE are not US companies?

     In the number of listed companies of NYSE, the total aggregate market value amounts to 16,300 billion dollars at 2,800 companies.

     Correct for all the companies listed on the NYSE.

     There are four hundred sixty (460) companies listed on the NYSE that are not US companies.  The answer is on this page:
    
    http://www.nyse.com/content/faqs/1042235995281.html

 2.B From how many countries do these non-US companies come?

    460 foreign companies are included from 52 nations at these 2,800 companies, and the total aggregate market value is reached at 5,100
    billion dollars.

    The non-US companies come from forty-eight (48) different countries.

    The answer is on this page:

    http://www.nyse.com/content/faqs/1042235995281.html

 3.A In yen, what is NTT's operating income for the year ended March 31,2003?

     It is 4.899,000,000,000. US dollars.

     It is 1,363,557 million yen.

 3.B In millions of US dollars, what is NTT's operating income for the year ended March 31, 2003?

     It is 4,899,000,000,000. US dollars.

     It is 11,363 million dollars.  This is the same as 11.363 billion dollars.

 4.A.  What financial information does McDonald's of Japan have at its website?

     It is Yahoo Japan.

    Does the McDonald's of Japan site have1. financial statements?2. a dividend history?3. press releases?4. information about earnings?
 
5. information about the stock price?

    You do not have to answer these questions for me.

  These questions are the ones to ask when you look at the McDonald's of Japan site.

    Ask these questions when you look at the financial information for anycompany.

 4.B How does that information compare to the financial information at McDonald's USA site?

     Sorry I can not answer it .

    Was there more financial information on the US site or the Japanese site?

 4CHave you ever eaten a McDonald's Teriyaki McBurger?  Did you  like it?

   Yes, I do.

 5.ow does the flow of accounting information over the Internet help corporations and investors?

     It is ninety-three.

The information on the Internet:

1. helps investors decide whether to buy or sell the stock of a company.
2. tells investors about new products and services of the company.
3. tells the investors about the company's plan for the future.
4. helps the investors find out what is wrong with some companies.  The government sites such as the SEC have this information.
5. helps investors learn about trends in the industry.  The brokers have this information at their sites. 

Sincerely yours,

Lin

 

 

 

 

 

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