“A committee appointed by the President of a company will report what the President wishes to hear. Would they dare report otherwise?.” WishPresidentCompanyDareReportsCommittees Author:W. Edwards Deming
“I read annual reports of the company I'm looking at and I read the annual reports of the competitors - that is the main source of material.” CompanyMaterialsSourceReportsCompetitorsAnnualsAnnual Reports Author:Warren Buffett
“When I take a look at a company's annual report, if I don't understand it, they don't want me to understand it.” IfsWantLooksCompanyReportsWant MeAnnualsAnnual Reports Author:Warren Buffett
“All a company report and balance sheet can tell you is the past and the present. They cannot tell future.” PastCompanyBalanceFutureReportsSheetsPast Present FutureSpeculatorsBalance Sheets Book:How I Made $2 Million in the Stock Market: The Darvas system for stock market profits Source: How I Made $2 Million in the Stock Market: The Darvas system for stock market profits
“For corporations to be bedfellows with the arts is good business for both. The architecture that houses a company is a more visible statement than the president's in the annual report. Ditto interiors, particularly of offices and sometimes, dramatically, in plants. For solvent businesses, support of community cultural undertakings in music, drama, dance creates great goodwill. Also, the existence of such activities is often important to the executives and their families that companies want to keep or attract to keep.” WantArtImportantSometimesCultureHousePresidentCommunityExistenceCompanySupportDramaActivityOfficeArt IsPlantArchitectureStatementsCorporationsVisibleReportsExecutivesInteriorsGoodwillUndertakingsAnnualsGood BusinessBedfellowsAnnual Reports Author:Malcolm Forbes
“What oil companies don't want you to know is that refineries use a huge amount of electricity in refining gasoline. And that's usually not even figured into reports about gas cars' overall energy use.” KnowsWantUseEnergyCompanyCarHugeAmountOilReportsGasElectricityGasolineRefiningOil CompaniesEnergy UseRefinery Author:Chris Paine