Look for videos or articles on the Corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and on Countrywide Financial. What were the results of the banking industry’s ethical decisions? Do you feel that if the banking industry would have made different ethical decisions that the Great Recession could have been avoided? Please list the links to your materials. The United States of America sued Bank of America for $1 billion in mortgage fraud against Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In 2008‚ United States World
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will learn about some of the basic analytical tools that financial managers use almost every day. Chapter 3 reviews the main financial statements that are the primary means by which firms communicate with investors‚ analysts‚ and the rest of the business community. Chapter 3 also illustrates some simple tools that managers use to analyze the information contained in financial statements to identify and diagnose financial problems. I Firms create financial statements using the accrual principles
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Would Mickey Mouse Eat Shark ’s Fin Soup There was controversy at Hong Kong Disneyland before the park even opened in 2005. Disney Land in Hong Kong was known for its great weddings and wedding receptions and it also showed this was profitable business for Disney Land. Wedding Banquets are a large part of Disney Worlds Revenue. On the wedding menu‚ shark fin soup is offered as an option‚ a popular wedding dish in Hong Kong for over 200 years. Stock holders and supporters of Disney were enraged
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Question 1 Essay Name: Yijing Shen(Vicky) Institution: Arts and business Course: Arts 1062 Tutor: Rodney Wallis Date: 21/9/2014 Question 1: In her essay “Mildred Pierce and the second World War” Linda Williams argues that the film “reflects and represents the contradictions of its historical moment” (p.21). She develops this point over the following pages and writes on p.25: [like] the wartime and post-war gothics‚ Mildred Pierce is better able to reflect the problems encountered
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Running head: BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS PART III Business Research Methods Part III University of Phoenix Applied Business Research and Statistics 561 March 29‚ 2010 Business Research Methods Part III Team C’s Business Research Methods Part I analysis determined a problem within Toyota Motor Corporation’s recent recalls that posed a potential for decreased customer satisfaction‚ which has the additional potential for impacting sales. Part II proposed a sample design and appropriate collection
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How might theories of leadership and group identity help to explain the Enron collapse? The following essay will look at how leadership and group identity might explain the Enron collapse‚ a multibillion company established in 1985 after the merge of Houston Natural Gas and Inter-North‚ with a reported fortune of over US $100 billion in 2000 and at number 7 as the most successful company in America (Fox‚ 2003). Huczynski and Buchanan (2010 P 596) points out that an effective organisation is one
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Question 1 a. Based on information provided in the question‚ the bonus for the Jane-HW7 manager for the last quarter of 2013 should be $0. The quarterly bonus is determined by two factors: ROA and amount of profits exceeding profit target. During the last quarter of 2013‚ the actual profit is low‚ which is $5‚278. The average total asset of the location is $200‚000. ROA=5‚278÷200‚000=1=2.639% The number is far less than required ROA of 10%. Furthermore‚ the profits ($5‚278) is not exceeding
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thrives on fierce competition‚ with retailers and wholesalers vying for the attention and loyalty of customers. Every day‚ customers vote with their feet for the stores of their choice. Shops therefore depend on maintaining the reputation of their business and the trust of their customers. Own brands products‚ in many cases marketed under the store’s own label‚ have developed at all levels of value in both food and non-food products in response to consumer demands for value for money: often they
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Gross Domestic Product is one of the primary figures utilized to determine the overall health and viability of a particular countries’ economy. It is a monetary value placed on all of a countries goods and services within a year time period. The Human Development Index is another figure utilized to determine the health and well being of the inhabitants of a country. Education‚ life expectancy and income are all evaluated in the HDI. Utilizing the GDP and HDI we are able to compare and contrast
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Scenario for P3‚ P4 & M3: You are going to design a small training programme. This training programme will be a small (10 minute) micro session using a small part of a larger training programme. You need to design this training session on an aspect of enterprise. You need to plan the design of the programme giving consideration to the way you will deliver it. In your role as the trainer you have been given the job of writing a report to the HR director outlining and describing
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