groups of workers to be covered by government-sponsored pension schemes. In a handful of countries such as Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ Botswana‚ Eritrea‚ Lebanon and the Maldives public-sector employees are still the only group covered by a formal pension scheme. The rationale for providing pensions for government employees was somewhat different from that behind the creation of national pension schemes. Among the objectives particular to schemes for government workers were the following: • securing the independence
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Ethics ACC/291 August 4‚ 2012 Ethics The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was approved in order to keep corporations form scamming the government. The law was a consequence of many corporate scams. This law was to protect the investors and give them the correct information and to make the corporations reveal all information which may impact an investor’s judgment of the corporation. This act/law will make corporations complete an internal audit from time to time as to keep all the information correct
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Fraud in the Business World Sean P. Dixon Business 670: Legal Environment Instructor: Jennifer Stephens April 4‚ 2011 Abstract Americans lose hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fraud. Billions more are lost world-wide to con artists touting the next great investment idea‚ guaranteed loans and diets that can ’t fail. These con artists do not discriminate between the rich and poor‚ the young and old‚ nationality or race. They target the well-educated‚ so-called smart individuals
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Assessing Financial Statements ACC/230 Axia College The company that I have chosen is Starbucks. In the last three years Starbucks has maintained a Net Revenue in more than $9 billion per year. In 2009 Starbucks net revenue was at $9.8 billion dollars and in just two year Starbucks ended their 2011 year with net revenue of $11.7 billion making this the highest annual revenue ever. This was an 11 percent increase on a comparable 52-weeks basis. Over the last three years the operating margin has
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The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine | Financial Statement Analysis & Reporting: Earnings Quality and Asset Analysis | Company - WALMART | Kian BolooriHee Jun ChungDaejune Min | 1. Qualitative Analysis for the environment and the company (1) INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Walmart is in the discount retailer industry. This industry started in the 1950s‚ grew in the 1960s‚ and matured in the 1970s. With exception to a moderate growth period in the 1990s‚ the industry had remained
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p IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI Chemistry Higher level and standard level Specimen paper 1s‚ 2s and 3s For first examinations in 2009 CONTENTS Chemistry higher level paper 1 specimen paper Chemistry higher level paper 1 specimen markscheme Chemistry higher level paper 2 specimen paper Chemistry higher level paper 2 specimen markscheme Chemistry higher level paper 3 specimen paper Chemistry higher level paper 3 specimen markscheme
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Coca-Cola & Pepsi Financial Statement Analysis Team A Frances Sanchez‚ Herbie Merced‚ and Javier Urbina ACC 400 Accounting for Decision Making August 22‚ 2013 Introduction • Comparison of Coca-Cola and Pepsi • Financials from 2004 • Review financial ratios ▫ Liquidity ▫ Solvency ▫ Profitability • Discuss profitability of each company • Which company is the best investment opportunity Coca-Cola & Pepsi Ratios Comparison Liquidity Ratios Current Ratio (Current Assets/Current
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Company Background Apple Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively “Apple” or the “Company”) designs‚ manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers‚ and portable digital music players‚ and sells a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. The Company’s products and services include iPhone ® ‚ iPad ® ‚ Mac ® ‚ iPod ® ‚ Apple TV ® ‚ a portfolio of consumer and professional
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Financial statement analysis America Online‚ Inc. Case Study 1 1. Prior to 1995‚ why was America Online so successful in the commercial online industry relative to its competitors CompuServe and Prodigy? AOL offered a broad range of features including real-time talk‚ electronic mail‚ e-magazines and newspapers‚ online classes‚ shopping‚ and internet access. They also had software for the internet such as for production and distribution of original content‚ interactive marketing and
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The latest Report to the Nations On Occupational Fraud and Abuse‚ the biennial study of global fraud by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners‚ finds that organizations lose an average of 5 percent of revenues to fraud each year‚ with a median loss of $140‚000. However‚ just over one-fifth of fraud schemes results in losses topping $1 million. Perhaps even more disturbing was the median length of time before the frauds were detected: 18 months. And‚ that’s not all; the study found that almost
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