8This updated edition defines and explains key financial terms and discusses topics that include:

• Business types and taxation methods, including the latest changes in 2017 and 2018
• The value of money over time
• Capital budgeting
• Investing and financing
• Dividend policy
• Investment decisions based on financial derivatives
• Financial analysis
• Managing working capital
• Analyzing financial statements
• Financial Software, Social Media and Database

Books in Barron's Business Review Series are intended mainly for classroom use, and include review questions with answers. They make fine supplements to main texts when included in college-level business courses, and can serve as main textbooks in adult education and business brush-up programs