Calculate three key financial ratios

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Select a Fortune 500 company and retrieve financial data for the company for a period of 5 years.
And, answer the following:

a. Identify two or three major financial trends.

b. Calculate three key financial ratios.

c. Develop several financial recommendations.

d. Locate an article that appraises the dangers of basing business decisions solely on financial statements. Briefly summarize the article and identify a lesson learned from it that can be applied to your selected Fortune 500 company.

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