4011 APRIL 7‚ 2009 CRAIG CHAPMAN Biovail Corporation: Revenue Recognition and FOB Sales Accounting Background Late on October 9‚ 2003‚ David Maris‚ an analyst at Banc of America Securities (BAS)‚ was trying to interpret the shocking events of the previous few days and finish the write-up of his first report on the Canadian pharmaceutical firm‚ Biovail Corporation. Maris didn’t like what he saw at the company‚ but he never liked writing “Sell” recommendations. In any event‚ he wanted to make
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History Hong Leong Bank Berhad started its humble beginnings in 1905 in Kuching‚ Sarawak‚ Malaysia under the name of Kwong Lee Mortgage and Remittance Company and later in 1934‚ incorporated as Kwong Lee Bank Limited. In 1989‚ it was renamed MUI Bank‚ operating in 35 branches. In January 1994‚ the Group acquired MUI Bank through Hong Leong Credit Berhad (now known as Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad). This milestone saw the birth of Hong Leong Bank and in the same year in October‚ Hong Leong Bank
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Introduction This paper discusses the Golden Bear Golf Inc after Initial Public Offer in 1991‚ highlighting the accounting practices and methods were used in recognizing the company’s revenue. This paper explains the fraud occurred in recognizing the revenue and how it overstated the financial statements and increased the stock price. It also explains the fraud theory applied to the revenue recognition and the auditor’s failure in discovering the fraud and reports it to the SEC. This paper will provide methods
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Leadership development: Case for analysis -Sales engineering division When DGL International‚ a manufacturer of refinery equipment‚ brought in John Terrill to manage its sales engineering division‚ company executives informed him of the urgent situation. Sales engineering‚ with 20 engineers‚ was the highest paid‚ best educated‚ and least productive department. The instructions to Terrill: Turn it around. Terrill called a meeting of engineers. He showed great concern for their personal welfare and
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Acquisition of legal subsidiary in bankruptcy According to the fact of this case‚ Parent Co. (Parent) wholly owns Poor Son Co. (Poor Son) as a legal subsidiary‚ and both of them all nonpublic companies. However‚ in January 2007 Poor Son filed a voluntary bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code because of its inability of meet obligations as they became due. Then‚ Parent claimed the loss of control of Poor Son and deconsolidated Poor Son from its financial statement. Through the
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Partnerships and Corporations – the accounting process Dwight A. Holland II ACC 206 Kristi Rayford 31 May 2010 How do partnerships and corporations differ in accounting processes? With partnerships‚ you have to look at several key concepts such as direct materials‚ direct labor‚ direct expenses‚ production overheads‚ process stock accounts. In reference to corporations‚ you have to consider a laundry list of items including accounts payable‚ accounts receivable‚ payroll‚ financial
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Chapter 1 Case 1-6 During the early 2000s‚ the roles of accounting and the auditing profession changed and several accounting scandals were uncovered. A. What conditions caused accounting and the auditing profession role to change during this time? In the mid 80s‚ the AICPA lift on the ban on advertising caused revenue generation to become more critical to partner’s compensation. The profit structure of CPA firms changed‚ and in 1999‚ revenues for management consulting accounted for more
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Eugene Williams Advanced Business Logistics‚ TLMT 441 Case Study 8-1 Telco Corporation May 25‚ 2012 Telco Corporation Customer Relationship Management allows businesses to leverage information from their databases to achieve customer retention and to cross sell new products and services to existing customers. In the case study regarding Telco Corporation‚ the company will need to implement a customer relationship management program to better their relationships with their customers‚ retain
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THE ZALE CORPORATION Zale Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of diamonds and other jewelry products in North America. The Company has significant brand name recognition as a result of each of its brands’ long-standing presence in the industry‚ having 2.349 stores in the United States‚ Puerto Rico and Canada. The Company´s vision “provide customers with quality merchandise at the lowest possible price” has remain the same since its first store opening in 1920´s. The Mission of Zale Corporation
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CHAPTER 1 Accounting in Action ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE | | | | |Brief | | | |Study | |Questions | |Exercises | |Do It! | |Objectives | | | |
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