Executive summary A business report is an ordinarily and objective communication of factual information that serves a business report. There are two types of business report such as the shorter or informal forms and the long or formal forms. It is one kind of formal report. There are various steps in the preparation of business report such as  1. planning the investigation and the report  2. securing data through bibliographical research  3. securing data through questionnaires  4. securing data through interviews and other research methods  5. analyzing and interpreting data and  6. out line up the report. In every business report, there is necessary to determine problem. There are four steps to determine problem such as  1. analyzing of the situation  2. analyzing of the problem  3. analyzing the reader and  4. defining and limiting the problem. Starbucks is an international coffeehouse and it is the biggest and largest company in the world. It runs its business in 44 countries with 16226 stores. It sells drinks, coffees, ice cream and so on food items. It has also entertainment division where the company markets books music and film. In addition, Starbucks markets its coffee through grocery stores and licenses its brand for other food and beverage products (SmartBrief, 2008). This study will analyze the portability, liquidity, activity and leverage condition of the Starbucks Corporation based on its financial data. At fast this study will analyze various related data with profitability and liquidity and then will interpret the analyzed data to identify weather there is any problem on profitability and liquidity management or not. If it has, this study will give a suggestion to over come this problem. List of Illustrations MS FIN NWC EBIT return on investment (NA) return on investment (TA)   * Title: Business Report about Starbucks   * Executive summary   * List of Illustrations   * Table of Contents   * Introduction   * Body of the Report       + The consolidated Statement of Earnings       + The Consolidated Balance Sheet       + The analytical calculation of financial data   * Conceptual Description   * Interpretation of the analytical data       + Liquidity analysis       + Profitability analysis       + Activity Analysis       + Leverage Analysis   * Summary   * Recommendations   * Conclusion   * Appendix   * Index   * References Introduction The Starbucks Company markets their product through many popular grocery chains in United States and Canada. The total grocery chains are 15011 worldwide as of November 2007. It was established in 1971 by three partners and their first store was in Pike Place Market where the sold high quality coffee beans and equipment. The Starbucks Company markets various products worldwide such as brewed coffee, hot chocolate, espresso, teas, Frappuccinos, Naked Juice, San Pellegrino, Izze soda and Horzon Organic Milk and so on (Starbucks! My Life, n.d.). The Starbucks are available in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain,