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This 7 page paper examines the financial position of AOL Time Warner using the 2002 annual report and ratio analysis. The paper considers the impact of the merger, the lack of positive results and also looks to other factors, such as changes in accounting practises. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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giants. The potential for increased value was perceived in terms of increased synergy as well as economies of scale. However, the realisation of these advantages has been more difficult to
attain than realised. The financial results following the merger have demonstrated the less tangible aspects of mergers and the diseconomies of scale. A main factor in the ongoing failure to
produce positive financial results may be a manifestation of the culture clash between the two pre merger companies. To understand the performance of the company, with the reasons why
with a profit before taxes of -$44 billion and a turnover of only $41 billion which equated to a profit margin of -108.82% the background of the company and the
financial situation needs to be considered as well as changes in the accounting practices at the time. The company now consists of a collection of companies. In addition to
the names of CompuServe and Netscape which were added to the AOL corporate banner, Time Warner brought a range of services. Now the range of services include AOL Time Warner
Interactive Video, Turn Broadcasting and Home Box Office which are networks, in publishing there is the AOL Time Warner Book Group and Time Inc., in filmed entertainment there is Warner
Bros and New Line Cinema, for Music there is the Warner Music Group, and for Cable systems there is Time Warner Cable (AOL Time Warner, 2003). The dominant partner in
the takeover was he smaller but ore aggressive AOL. The culture, reflected in financial was aggressive. AOL has always adopted a more
aggressive strategy and risky strategy and the use of alliance and acquisition to move forward. AOL was founded in the early 1980s under a different name, that of Control Video
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