General Course Stuff 

• Course syllabus
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Spreadsheets for cases

• Ratios tell a story - 2009 (you won't need the spreadsheets for this case)
• Spencer Sporting Goods
• Diamond Chemicals
• Hansson Private Label
• Debt Policy at UST, Inc.
• The Loewen Group
• Nike, Inc.
• Marriott Corp.
• Pinkerton (A)
• Acquisition of Consolidated Rail (B)

Readings

• "Raising Capital: Theory and Evidence" (for March 20th class)

On financial crisis (for classes during dead week):

1. A view of the liquidity crisis
2. Role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
3. The credit-rating agencies
4. The collapse and sale of Bear Stearns
5. The collapse and bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
6. What happened at AIG?
7. Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
8. Too big to fail?

Interesting WSJ / BusinessWeek Articles 

• An excerpt from the book "The Quants" (about the role of math-savvy trading strategies in the Wall Street crash)

WSU Campus Safety Links:

• WSU Campus Safety Plan

• WSU Emergency Management website

• WSU ALERT website