^{ACCOUNTING SCAVENGER HUNT}

^{Professor Borden's 2:00 ACC1001 Class}

^{I chose the Fortune 500 company Office Depot because my last name is O'Toole}

^{1)  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate for Morris County, New Jersey is $67,919}

^{Source: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/34027.html}

^{*Number 1 County in the Nation!!}

^{2) Annual Reports for the Office Depot 2000 fiscal year (ends Dec 30th)}

    ^{Net earning though sales: $49.3 million}

    ^{Net earning through charges and credit: $222.2 million}

    ^{Total net income: $271.5 million}

^{Source:  http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/nys/odp/reports/od00ar00.html}

^{3)  Price earning ratio of Office Depot on Feb. 6, 2002 is 22.00 (NA on most websites though at the current time)}

^{Source: http://yahoo.marketguide.com/MGI/QuoteChart.asp?target=%2Fstocks%2Fcompanyinformation%2Fquotechart&Ticker=ODP}

^{Industry PE ratio of Office Depot on Feb. 6, 2002 is 18.24}

^{Source: http://yahoo.marketguide.com/MGI/mg.asp?target=/stocks/companyinformation/ratio&ticker=odp}

^{4) Office Depot Stock Quote}

 ^{Date: 2/6/2002 6:31 PM (minimum 20 minutes delayed)}

^{Price: 15.59} 

Volume: 1,489, 200

Open: 15.95

High: 16

Low: 15.54

^{Source: http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=odp&script=300&layout=7}

^{Office Depot Stock Quote from My Birthday, 2000}

^{Date: 10/20/00}

^{Price:  6.625}

^{Volume: 1,490,200}

^{Open:  6.4375}

^{High:  6.8125}

^{Low:  6.375}

^{Source: http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=odp&script=340&layout=7&item_id=odp}

^{5) The following 30 firms make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average:}

  ^{Source: http://www.dogsofthedow.com/dowcomp.htm}

^{6)  Real Time Stock Quote From Dow Jones Industrial Average} 

^{Date: Feb 1, 2002}

^{Time: 16:03 (4:03 pm)}

^{Index Value: 9907.26}

^{Net Change: -12.74}

^{% change: -0.13}

^{YTD change: -114.24}

^{YTD % change: -1.14}

^{Source: http://www.djindexes.com/jsp/industrialaverages.jsp?sidemenu=true}

  ^{Real Time Stock Quote From My Birthday}

^{October 20, 1982}

^{Closing Price: 27.75}

^{Source: http://chart.yahoo.com/t?a=10&b=20&c=82&d=10&e=20&f=82&g=d&s=dow&y=0&z=dow}

^{7)     Here is the top 3 ways to avoid identity theft from the article “Avoiding Identity Theft” on www.accountingweb.com:}

              ^{1.Destroy papers you don't need: credit-card and ATM receipts, checks or deposit slips, health insurance benefit statements, paycheck stubs, tax records and preapproved credit-card offers. Buy a shredder and use it.}

^{2.Do not carry your Social Security number with you, never give it out unless absolutely necessary and do not have it printed on your checks.}

^{3.Check your credit report each year. Investigate any accounts you did not apply for directly. To check your credit, contact one of the three major agencies: TransUnion 800-888-4213 (www.tuc.com), Experian 888-EXPERIAN (www.experian.com), or Equifax 800-685-1111 (www.equifax.com). There is a fee for this service.}

^{Source: http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=54993&d=101&h=0&f=0&dateformat=%o%20%B%20%}

8)  I compared Amazon to Barnes & Noble.  Both websites have easily visible browsers and search engines.  Special features include sections on Bestsellers, Calendars, Rare books, and Used Books for the Amazon website, and “hot items” in Kids Books, Books, DVD + Video and eBooks.  With regards to their looks, both websites are fairly bland, lacking exquisite colors or frills.  Neither website offers much interactive type sections on its main pages.  After searching for several items, I found both websites to have sufficient searching capabilities.  Amazon had a great number of search results, but many were not relevant to the topic.  On the other hand, Barnes & Noble had few search results, but each result pertained to the topic at hand.  This is probably due to the fact that each website differs in what items it offers.  Amazon offers books as well as tools, music, video, magazines, travel, cars, etc. while Barnes & Noble focuses specifically on different types of books.  If you are looking for a variety of goods, I recommend Amazon.  If you are searching specifically for books, I recommend Barnes & Noble.

Sources: www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com

^{9)     *There were no firms that started with “O,” so I picked a firm that started with my middle name which is Patrick.}

  ^{Firm: Parente Randolph, PC}

^{Description:  Founded in 1970, Parente Randolph is one of the mid-Atlantic’s leading independent accounting and consulting firms, and is among the top in the United States. The firm’s 430 employees provide accounting, audit, tax, and general business consulting services to corporations and closely held businesses from offices in PA, NJ and DE. Industry expertise includes healthcare, senior living services, financial services, education, government/nonprofit, manufacturing, construction, real estate, retail, wholesale and distribution. Specialty services include corporate finance, business reorganization, forensic accounting and litigation support. Parente Randolph affiliates provide technology consulting, energy consulting, HR consulting, leadership development and training, and executive search services.}

^{Source:  http://cso-fps.villanova.edu/FMPro}

^{10)     Balloon Day- has a two-fold purpose to raise money for the poor in the Philadelphia area while bringing the Villanova Community together for fun and appreciation of springtime.  This festival involves approximately 2,000 people and is one of the few events at Villanova that involves the entire University Community.  Volunteers attend meetings in Spring (Once-a-year commitment).}

 ^{Source:   http://www.campusministry.villanova.edu/volunteer_fair/index.html}

^{11) a)  “Four Emerging Technology Areas for E-Business”}

^{-We examine four areas of rapid technology development that exploit the capabilities of interactive e-channels: Web-based self-service, data mining, personalization and e-cash.}

^{"Data Mining. Through 2004, e-businesses will experience yet another explosion in the quantity of data they manipulate. Instead of just storing the result of a transaction (e.g., a purchase decision), enterprises will have access to much of the decision-making process leading up to that result (e.g., the navigation path, click-through behavior and alternatives explored) recorded from the online dialogue. This will lead to challenges in data storage and management as well as unprecedented opportunities in customer relationship management to better understand the customers' buying patterns by analyzing these new data sources (e.g., using tools from eHNC or Blue Martini). Applications include new customer acquisition, cross-selling, profitability analysis, churn management and fraud detection."}

^{Source: http://www.gartner.villanova.edu/ras_frame.html}

^{b) Below is a link from the Dow Jones Industrial Web which addresses Office Depot's PE ratio as well as several other issues reguarding their financial status}

Source: http://nrstg2s.djnr.com/cgi-bin/DJInteractive?cgi=WEB_FLAT_PAGE&page=wrapper/index&NRAUTOLOG=01UqTHtTmrm87MNx3A7R4JDz6iqKRf&user_bounced=1&NRLBRedirect=nrstg2s&entry_point=1

^{12) Have fun listening and looking at the following media:}

^{a) Click the link below to listen to a wav file from the movie Swingers}

^{scavenger hunt/money.wav}

^{Source:  http://www.wavcentral.com/movies/swingers.html}

^{b) Click the link below to listen to Midi file entitled Cruisin}

^{scavenger hunt/crusin2.mid}

^{Source: http://www.radiofreeworld.com/} 

^{*Once you've reached this website, click on Midi Guide on the side toolbar.  Then click on the “Midi Downloads”}

 ^{c) Click on the link below to listen to a short MP3 of the song Rift by my favorite band Phish}

^{scavenger hunt/rift.mp3}

^{Source: http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/itemid=321369/from=cr-6135437}

^{d) Below is a GIF file of Homer Simpson making faces}

^{Source:  http://www.hoxie.org/news99/senior99/cjbhomer.gif}

^{13) I downloaded Music Match Jukebox to my computer}

^{The following is a link to Music Match Juke Box mmorder. txt:}

^mmorder.txt

^{Source: http://tucows.epix.net/mmedia/preview/193493.html}

^{14) a) The author of Personal Technology is Walt Mossberg}

Check out his column at http://ptech.wsj.com/

The Philips eXpanium and the Pine D'music SM-200C were the two MP3 players featured in this article.  The eXpanium makes navigating difficult because it doesn't show song information such as genre.  The eXpanium includes insufficient features such as its anti-shock feature which does always prevent skips when music is played.  In addition to this, physical components such as the fact that it is a very thin device and its lack of an equalizer to guarantee proper listening capabilities take away from the device.  The Pine D'music has similar problems with its song skips as well as a short pre-song static period which serves as an inconvenience.

Source: http://nrstg2p.djnr.com/cgi-bin/DJInteractive?cgi=WEB_FLAT_PAGE&page=wrapper/index&NRAUTOLOG=01UqTHtTmrm87MNx3A7R4JDz6iqKRf&user_bounced=1&entry_point=1

b)Below is a link to an article from the Wall Street Journal entitled, "Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund To Receive $118,000 Donation From Office Depot Inc."  The article discusses Office Depot's charitable donation to Families of Freedom.

Source: http://nrstg2s.djnr.com/cgi-bin/DJInteractive?cgi=WEB_FLAT_PAGE&page=wrapper/index&NRAUTOLOG=01UqTHtTmrm87MNx3A7R4JDz6iqKRf&user_bounced=1&NRLBRedirect=nrstg2s&entry_point=1