Think of three of your favorite companies. Now visit Yahoo! Finance and type in each of their names into the search box. Are they publicly traded or private? If they are public, how has their stock...

Think of three of your favorite companies. Now visit Yahoo! Finance and type in each of their names into the search box. Are they publicly traded or private? If they are public, how has their stock price performed over the past year? Is this what you expected?

Visit the corporate home pages of these same three companies. If they are public, click on the investor relations link on their websites. What sort of information do you find in the investor relations section? If you were a financial stakeholder in this company, would you be happy with the quality of the information provided?