Tay-Sachs Disease Tay-Sachs disease is a rare inherited autosomal recessive disorder first discovered in 1881. It is a disease that is found in many populations‚ but commonly affects the populations of the Ashkenazi Jews. The disorder is caused when there is an absence of enzyme called beta hexosaminase A that is found on chromosome 15. The most common mutation occurs in mostly 80 percent of Tay-Sachs patients is the four base pair addition (TATC) on exon 11 and a G to C inversion
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9-104-071 REV: SEPTEMBER 14‚ 2007 ROBERT S. KAPLAN DAVID KIRON Accounting Fraud at WorldCom WorldCom could not have failed as a result of the actions of a limited number of individuals. Rather‚ there was a broad breakdown of the system of internal controls‚ corporate governance and individual responsibility‚ all of which worked together to create a culture in which few persons took responsibility until it was too late. — Richard Thornburgh‚ former U.S. attorney general1 On July 21‚ 2002
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The 10 Worst Corporate Accounting Scandals of All Time If there is one theme to rival terrorism for defining the last decade-and-a-half‚ it would have to be corporate greed and malfeasance. Many of the biggest corporate accounting scandals in history happened during that time. Here’s a chronological look back at some of the worst examples. Waste Management Scandal (1998) Company: Houston-based publicly traded waste management company What happened: Reported $1.7 billion in fake earnings. Main players:
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Mandeville Analysis Getting Ahead in Business: How Vice Drives the Hive In his doggerel The Grumbling Hive: OR‚ Knaves Turn’d HONEST‚ Bernard de Mandeville makes the case that it is our vices (our wishes‚ wants and desires) that drive society and the economy‚ and without these vices‚ the economy will fail. Although Mandeville’s views as expressed in The Grumbling Hive seem harsh or overstated‚ it appears that the United States economy really cannot flourish without his concept of
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Communism was slowly building up in the time after the Vietnam War. Soviet Union and the US were splitting up their alliance and most countries were still bouncing back after the recession. Ronald Reagan one the most iconic presidents to sit in the oval office was president at the time. Reagan’s skills got tested from the very start. Few days into his first term there was a huge bombing in Lebanon and just days after that a small Caribbean island started to lose its socialist views and gained communist
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The Bernie Madoff Scandal is considered to be the largest financial and accounting fraud in American history. The details of the scandal itself are so complicated and unbelievable that it appears to be a work of non-fiction. Many have tried to gather enough evidence to make sense of what happened‚ but there was never enough evidence to prove when the fraud began. Madoff himself said that the scheme began in the late 1980s or early 1990s‚ but then again we cannot be certain of when it really started
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Weisberger. Bernard A. America Afire: Jefferson‚ Adams and the Revolutionary Election of 1800. New York: Morrow‚ William and Company‚ 2000. Allen Bernard Weisberger was born in August 15‚ 1922 in Hudson‚ New York‚ United States. In September 9‚ 1951 Weisberger married an attorney June Miller‚ they had a total of three kids Jonathan‚ Lise‚ and Beth but in January 1970 their love fell apart when both agreed to file a divorce. Allen Weisberger attended Swarthmore College located
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An inmate by the name of Bernard Coy‚ bank robber who was serving 25 years at Alcatraz was the mastermind. Bernard coy studied the routines and patterns of the guards for months before he acted out on his plan. Some believe he intentionally starved himself so he can fit between the bars. “Coy smeared axle grease over his
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investors contributing to the scheme. Top broker‚ Bernie Madoff‚ was found guilty of this scheme‚ which will further be discussed below. News explaining what happened 1. Background Information Former Nasdaq Stock Market chairman‚ Bernard L. Madoff was arrested back in 2008 for conducting the largest Ponzi scheme in history. He was
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http://www.bc.edu/offices/audit/fraud/redflags.html The Trustees of Boston College. (2011). Fraud Prevention Measures. Retrieved from‚ http://www.bc.edu/offices/audit/fraud/fraudprevent.html Zambito‚ T.‚ & Smith‚ G. (2008‚ December 13). Feds say Bernard Madoff’s $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme Was Worst Ever. NY Daily New on the Web. Retrieved from‚ http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-12-13/news/17913355_1_bernard-madoff-madoff-securities-ponzi-scheme
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