brought to their attention that the SEC is questioning their reportable segments it disclosed in their Annual Report. Below are the relevant facts: • Sell-it Products sells their products through grocery stores‚ drug stores‚ and mass merchandisers. • The continents these products are sold in include the North America‚ Asia‚ and Europe. • SPI is organized in three divisions with the following products: 1. Beauty Care – cosmetics and shampoo. 2. Family Care – paper towels
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Enron is a company that specializes in energy and power industry. They provide gas‚ oil‚ and electrical services worldwide. These comprise wholesale services‚ retail energy services‚ broadband services‚ and transportation services. They have reported revenues of $100.789billion‚ $40.112billion‚ and $31.260 billion for the years 2000‚ 1999‚ and 1998 respectively. This is a growth of 151.3% from year 1999 to 2000 and 28.3% from 1998 to 1999. This is unparalleled in the relatively stable energy business
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Before filing for bankruptcy in 2001‚ Enron Corporation was one of the largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies in the world. It marketed natural gas liquids worldwide and operated one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world‚ totaling more than 36‚000 miles. It was also one of the largest independent developers and producers of electricity in the world‚ serving both industrial and emerging markets. Timeline Enron began as Northern Natural Gas Company‚ organized
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Estimating D. Planning E. Guesstimating Gray - Chapter 05 #1 Level: Easy difficulty: EMPTY learning objective: EMPTY refer to: EMPTY reference: EMPTY scrambling: EMPTY 126. In practice‚ estimating processes are frequently classified as A. Top down/bottom up B. Rough/polished C. Precise/order of magnitude D. Draft/final E. Both A and B are correct Gray - Chapter 05 #2 Level: Easy difficulty: EMPTY learning objective: EMPTY refer to: EMPTY reference: EMPTY
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Journal of Finance and Accountancy Arthur Anderson Auditors and Enron: What happened to their Texas CPA licenses? Daniel Edelman Texas A&M University-Commerce Ashley Nicholson Texas A&M University-Commerce ABSTRACT This article examines Arthur Andersen‚ its role with Enron‚ and what happened to some of its key players. The demise of Arthur Andersen and Enron was significant. Thousands of people lost their jobs and investments. As a result‚ new laws for publicly traded companies and auditing firms
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1995) associative stage of skill acquisition‚ errors or obstacles become an important index of the learning process. However‚ learning obstacles have not been widely researched in the field of language learning strategies. This study explores the difficulties or barriers confronted by the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners while acquiring listening comprehension strategies during a training program. The findings indicate that the obstacles confronted by the learners are multifaceted. Each
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Enron Ask Why? How Unethical and Illegal Behavior Ruined Lives Brief History of Enron Enron was an energy company based in Houston‚ Texas that dealt with the energy trade on an international and domestic basis. Enron formed in 1985 when Houston Natural Gas merged with InterNorth. After several years of international and domestic expansion involving complicated deals and contracts‚ Enron became billions of dollars in debt. All of this debt was concealed from shareholders through partnerships
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Finance is a huge part of our life that everybody hope to be in good financial state. However‚ today‚ more than ever before‚ people are struggling with financial problems. According to a research conducted by AC Nielsen and ANZ in 2005‚ people often display six ways of thinking considered “unhealthy” that putting people under financial pressure including ‘living for today’‚ ‘financial disengagement’‚ ‘aspirational’‚ ‘emotional enhancement’‚ ‘ownership of credit’‚ and ‘credit as supplementary income”
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1. The top management of Enron including Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow. These managers created a tone at the top of Enron that allowed and encouraged accounting that mislead investors. The audit team at Anderson and especially David Duncan the lead partner for Enron’s audit holds responsibility. Anderson was negligent in finding problematic accounting used by Enron. In addition‚ Anderson made millions on consulting services provide to Enron which makes their independence
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Germany Autos Report Q1 2012 Motorcycles Table: German Motorcycles Segment – Historical Data And Forecasts 2010e Production: units Production: units‚ % chg y-o-y 104‚482 2.3 2011f 105‚617 1.1 2012f 107‚219 1.5 2013f 108‚819 1.5 2014f 110‚444 1.5 2015f 112‚092 1.5 2016f 113‚778 1.5 Sales: units Sales: units‚ % chg y-o-y 190‚309 -10.93 186‚122 -2.20 190‚134 2.16 196‚394 3.29 205‚070 4.42 212‚746 3.74 219‚523 3.19 e/f = estimate/forecast; * estimate
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