1. Retrieve the SEC’s complaint against ClearOne Communications (link provided on Blackboard with the case). Describe management’s alleged scheme for inflating revenue. Management’s alleged scheme for inflating revenue is that in 2001‚ when the company was not able to meet their sales and revenue goals‚ they would record sales on the books as soon as products left the warehouse. So if ClearOne shipped a lot of products during the last week of the quarter (or swept the floor as they call it)‚ they
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Costs and Revenues What is cost? If you go to a store and like an item and you want to buy it‚ which of the following questions would you ask: What’s the price of …..? 0R How much does …. cost? Examples of costs – set-up Examples of costs - running Fixed Costs 5000 What happened to the fixed costs if for some reason the company had technical problems and was unable to produce for 2 weeks? What happens if the landlord decided to raise the rent due to high property prices
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1. Identify an accounting scandal at a corporation that has resulted in a loss of reputation to the accounting profession. Explain the crime(s) committed. In early 2008 Lehman borrowed large amounts to fund its investing in the years leading to its bankruptcy in 2008‚ “a process known as leveraging or gearing”. A large part of their investments were towards housing market‚ making it vulnerable to a downturn in that market. This firm generated large profits during the housing boom‚ this place them
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A Case Study on MiniScribe Corporation for BA 219 - Corporate Financial Reporting Submitted to: Dr. Helen S. Valderrama by ARELLANO‚ Alyssa Loren ASADON‚ Rovin Vincent BLANCO‚ Melissa CHU‚ Goodwealth DE GUZMAN‚ Cla PRELLIGERA‚ Chriss Jan July 9‚ 2013 Master in Business Administration University of the Philippines Diliman‚ Quezon City EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In October 1988‚ Paula Perry‚ a research analyst for the brokerage firm Alexander and Ferris‚ was tasked to analyse
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BERGERAC CASE STUDY Summary The purpose of this report is to analyze the opportunity to produce plastic components for cartridge production and choose the best alternative. It is predicted that the annual demand growth is a triangular distribution with a minimum of 5%‚ most likely of 17% and a maximum of 25%. Due to the continuous growth in the demand‚ the alternatives cannot be compared using just the data for 2010. An analysis is carried out for the time period 2011 to 2015 and the present worth
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ASSIGNMENT (Stage 1) ACCT 11059 – Using Accounting For Decision Making Prepared By Lingdi Fu (s0210541) Lecturer & Tutor’s Name: Mitch Hsu Due Date: Saturday‚ 4th August 2012‚ 11:00 PM Step1 During carefully and thoughtfully read through the firm’s latest annual report. We can find the company is called GR Engineering Services. It is an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed public company located in 183 Great Eastern Highway‚ Belmont. The principle activities of the company is
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Accounting Alternatives Case At the beginning of the year 20x1‚ two companies began operations to sell home heating units. Eads Heaters Inc. is located in Eads‚ Colorado‚ and Glenwood Heating Inc. is in Glenwood Springs‚ Colorado. The companies operate under similar economic conditions and have identical operations during the year. However‚ each manager makes different accounting choices and estimates when applying generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in preparing the company’s financial
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Homework Assignment 1: MC 3. (A) MC 4. (D) MC 5. (B) 1) What are the three major business activities of a company that are motivated and shaped by planning activities? Explain each activity. Investing Activities: consists of the acquiring and disposing of assets needed to produce and sell a company’s products or services. These assets may be long-term or short-term assets depending on the nature of the company. Financing Activities: the methods companies use to fund the investments in assets
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In this case study‚ Patina is the seller and Luca is the buyer under an FOB (Free on Board) agreement. General picture of a FOB contract can be congregated from the case of Wimble & Sons v Rosenberg & Sons which describes it as a contract for the sale of goods where the seller which in this case is Patina who agrees to deliver the goods over the ship’s rail and the buyer or Luca in this stance agrees to convey it overseas. According to English law‚ the case of Pyrene v Scindia defines a classic FOB
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*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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