Question: 1. [Sources of information] Contrast investors in public companies with those in private companies with respect to access to financial and other information useful for investment decisions.

2. (Sources of information] Contrast investors in public companies in the United States with those in foreign countries with respect to access to financial and other information useful for in-vestment decisions.

3. [Sources of accounting standards] Contrast the roles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission in the setting of accounting standards for American companies.