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    Will my reputation ever change!? At times celebrities work hard to transform a negative image or reputation into a positive one. Young people often attempt to do the same. To me I think that it is possible to change your reputation and how people perceive you as a person. I have dealt with having a bad reputation in the pass. I’ve made plenty of mistakes which made others perceive me as a bad person. High school from ninth through eleventh grade for me was pretty tough. All I did was cut class

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    King Arthur Legend

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    KING ARTHUR A legend is a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition. Over time‚ a legend becomes commonly accepted as true. While legends usually elevate the main characters to heroic proportion‚ the best of them have a basis in fact. Often times‚ a legend changes over time in order to keep it fresh to new generations. Legends are told to teach and to inspire. They are told to entertain and pass down tradition. Perhaps no legend has reached a wider audience than that of King Arthur

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    In Exile (Arthur Nortje

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    English 101D First Assignment Unique Nr: 826883 Dedre Immelman Student nr 5012-960-0 In Exile (Arthur Nortje) Question 1 The poem “In Exile” was written by Arthur Nortje in the 1960 – 1970 period. There could be different interpretations to the meaning of the title “In Exile”. Arthur Nortje won a scholarship to study at the Jesus College at Oxford University. Arthur became one of the privileged few “chosen” to further their education outside the borders of South Africa. Can he be seen as truly

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    Accounting Profession

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    IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION - A STUDY OF A CPA FIRM’S DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING Stanley X. Lewis‚ Jr.‚ Troy University Eddy J. Burks‚ Troy University Ernest W. King‚ University of Southern Mississippi Carl Smolinski‚ LSU-Shreveport ABSTRACT The results of an ongoing study of professional accounting firms in the U. S existing research methodology and results included in the 2006 IRMA International Conference reporting the strategic planning by a law firm pertaining to its disaster

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    accounting

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    will I am sure be of interest not only to our student audience but as a refresher to those of you in practice that may be required to deal with this concept. In most businesses debtor balances represent an important element of working capital. Accounting principles dictate that the supply of goods or services is accounted for as sales‚ at the point at which the buyer has a legal obligation to pay for them. Total debtors represent the value of credit sales for which payment has yet to be received

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    Arthur Shorin's Offer

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    Question One I agree with Jacquii Rosshandler’s friends‚ she should reject Arthur Shorin’s offer. As an alternative to taking Shorin’s $250k offer and loosing 75 percent of her business‚ I would suggest she explore loan options offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA can help small businesses received loans from banks that might otherwise refuse due to the unsecured risk involved. Cornwall and Scarborough point out that‚ “An SBA guarantee to insure the business loan is

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    KPMG: How many Firms?

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    Professional Standards do not allow a company’s auditors to also provide tax services and retain independence. There have been myriad restrictions placed on professional service companies by the SEC and PCAOB. These companies are restricted on the nonaudit services that the company’s auditors can provide clients. If a service company provides auditing services for a particular company‚ they are restricted in terms of other services that they can provide. These restrictions were not always in place

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    Accounting

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    Content 1 Introduction 1 1.Task one 2 The models and concepts affecting the pricing decisions taken by organisations‚ critically reflecting upon their usefulness 2 2‚ Task two 6 The role of standard costing and variance analysis in management accounting and a critically discussion of the value and limitations of variance analysis as a means of identifying key areas which have contributed to the overall profit figure. 6 3‚ The advantages and disadvantages of introducing an Activity Based Costing

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    The Viability of the EMU: The Fiscal Union Debate The current economic integration of states in the European Monetary Union (EMU) can be seen as a ‘compromise’. A monetary union has been formed‚ which implemented the same currency in the participating states‚ whilst still offering countries their own fiscal autonomy. The common currency ought to increase trade and prosperity‚ and fiscal autonomy is still in the hands of individual governments in order to preserve this fiscal form of sovereignty

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    SUBJECT: Accounting fraud at WorldCom Problem Statement WorldCom penetrated the largest accounting fraud in U.S history by overstating its tax income between 1999 and 2002. The main players in WorldCom’s accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan‚ the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments‚ external auditor Arthur Andersen‚ and the board of directors. While individuals did have their own sins‚ employees cowardice and self-interested‚ the board passive and ineffective‚ external auditors

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