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You are a Financial Analyst for a large corporation. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of...

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You are a Financial Analyst for a large corporation. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company has just reviewed preliminary 3" quarter earnings with the company CEO. The meeting did not go well. The company publicly announced a target of 5% growth in earnings (or net income) for this year over the previous year. Earnings growth will be closer to 3% based on quarterly income statements thus far. The CEO has directed the CFO to make recommendations by the end of the week as to how the company could quickly boost reported earnings (or net income) in the 4" quarter and potentially meet the 5% earnings growth target. The CFO has called a meeting of all financial analysts on her staff. She has given all of you the following assignment: recommend two actions that can be implemented quickly and fully explain how each action would potentially increase reported net income

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