First Two QuickTopics eBooks Simplify Fundamentals of Financial Statements for Contractors and Retailers.Business Editors CARLISLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2003 Interactive eBooks use real world examples from Lennar Industries and Amazon.com to present financial concepts in condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. , easy to read format Ballantine & Company, Inc. today released the first two QuickTopics(R) eBooks in its Finance Series Understanding Financial Statements. The eBooks are written for nonfinancial professionals who need a quick and easy way to understand the fundamentals of financial management. Each QuickTopics(R) is a short eBook that provides interactive, compact and easy to read information on a key business topic. Understanding Financial Statements: Building to Sell uses real world construction industry examples from Lennar Industries, the dominant homebuilder in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Readers can see how Lennar continues to grow and profit in the housing market, how Lennar develops land, partners with homebuilders, and manages cash flow while keeping its housing inventory risk under control. By understanding the financial statements of a major homebuilder, contractors can understand how construction companies in general manage their business and keep cash flow positive. Using examples from Amazon.com, Understanding Financial Statements: Testing the Internet Mirage explains key financial concepts to retailers. Readers can learn how to interpret financial statements while they see how Amazon has used some of the basic rules of retailing, as well as barter barter: see exchange. barter Direct exchange of goods or services without the use of money or any other intervening medium of exchange. Barter is conducted either according to established rates of exchange or by bargaining. deals and goodwill, to grow the company. The QuickTopics(R) eBook helps readers understand the economics and recent financial statements of Amazon.com and the dynamics of the retailing industry. Both eBooks can be updated annually through a free download from Ballantine & Company so that the content stays relevant and up-to-date, making them excellent reference tools. "Our Understanding Financial Statements eBooks summarize tried and true financial concepts from today's most respected authorities on accounting and finance," said author John Ballantine, Jr. "We think readers will find that our QuickTopics(R) eBooks take advantage of the best of eBook technology to present otherwise dry and often difficult to understand business concepts and examples in a new and unique interactive format that is industry specific, easy to read and engaging." All QuickTopics(R) eBooks include: -- An interactive model that allows readers to see how changes in certain financial figures affect financial statements -- A WebGuide with a list of links to current, industry-standard web sites to enhance what the reader has already learned in the eBook -- An easy order bibliography that links to Amazon.com so readers can order source books listed in the bibliography to learn more about a topic -- A link to Ask the Expert, an on-line knowledge base that includes frequently asked questions by topic, and the option to email questions to the author In addition to adding other industries to the Understanding Financial Statements series, Ballantine is developing QuickTopics(R) eBooks focused on marketing and project management topics. About the Author John Ballantine has over twenty-five years of business and academic experience in finance and economics. He has served as CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Ballantine & Company since 1998. He is currently authoring the company's QuickTopics(R) eBook finance series and maintaining the company's Top of the Economy(R) web site. He teaches and is also director of the Master's in Finance program at Brandeis University Brandeis University, at Waltham, Mass.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1948. Although Brandeis was founded by members of the American Jewish community, the university operates as an independent, nonsectarian institution. , and is also a research economist at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. , John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. . Prior to joining Ballantine & Company, Mr. Ballantine served as a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little, Inc. is the world's first management consulting firm. Founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who discovered acetate, and co-worker Roger Griffin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted technology research. and held various corporate banking positions in at the Chase Manhattan Bank The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JPMorgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. The bank is headquartered in New York City. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Strategic Management from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , the Stern School; a MA from the University of Chicago; and a BA from Harvard University. QuickTopics(R) eBooks Pricing The Understanding Financial Statements QuickTopics(R) eBooks ($15.95 each) are available in Adobe Acrobat Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF. PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format and include an annual upgrade subscription. They are available for download from the Ballantine's web site at www.tools-for-business.com. About Ballantine Ballantine and Company, Inc., publisher of QuickTopics(R) eBooks and the Top of the Economy(R) web site, also develops and markets project-oriented desktop software used by thousands of engineers, architects, contractors, accountants, consultants and business managers. Ballantine's Tools-for-Business.com(R) web site offers visitors professional products and business information designed to help project-oriented professionals work faster and better. To order a QuickTopics(R) eBook, call 800-536-6677 or visit www.Tools-for-Business.com. 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