The following schedule summarizes the current assets from the end of 1996 balance sheets for Kmart, a national retailer of consumer products, and HBO, a producer and distributor of cable television programming:
|
Kmart |
HBO |
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|
Dollars in millions) |
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|
Current assets |
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|
Cash and equivalents |
$ 406 |
$160 |
|
Investment securities |
— |
23 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance |
— |
291 |
|
Prepaids and other |
973 |
39 |
|
Inventories |
6,354 |
7 |
|
Total current assets |
7,733 |
520 |
|
Noncurrent, total |
6,553 |
328 |
|
Total assets |
$14,286 |
$848 |