Biovail Business Memo In 2003 Biovail Corporation announced that it will miss its 3rd quarter earnings target by $25-$45 million‚ attributing $10-$15 million to a recent shipment loss. Being one of Canada’s largest publicly traded pharmaceutical companies with stock listed on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges‚ the news raised concerns in the financial circles over the company’s accounting practices. Even Biovail’s claim that the shipment loss presented a revenue value of over $10 million
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Phoenix Advertising P.O. Box 1988 Charlotte‚ NC (330) 746-2876 Memo Date: February 10‚ 2011 To: Gregory S. Forest‚ President From: Robyn‚ Vice President‚ Human Resources Subject: Success for Phoenix Advertising Here at Phoenix Advertising we employ over 100 employees in Charlotte‚ NC‚ Roanoke‚ VA‚ and Harrisburg‚ PA. We are an up and coming advertising firm on the East Coast. We offer top graphic designers who bring artist’s creations to life to promote the companies of our clients
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Fraud Risk Memorandum This memo is to determine potential fraud risks that may exist within our client‚ Apollo shoes. There are reasons to believe that potential fraud risks do exist‚ however these risks are only hypothetical‚ but will be tested to assure users that Apollo’s financial statements are fairly stated. First‚ the client’s prohibition of contacting the predecessor auditor is considered a red-flag. The importance of the predecessor’s working papers and comparative work would make completing
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Final Class Memo English 102 Rhetoric and Composition II is one class that I truly enjoyed‚ because not only did it have assignments that were very world related‚ but also had very structured and were assigned with very distinct instructions. Even with such great amount of instruction one assignment I had great difficulties with was the editorial analysis because continually in efforts of writing the paper I as a author got too carried away by the topic and concentration in the analysis was
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Business Communication September 27‚ 2011 Baseline Self-Assessment Memo Talking about my communication skills‚ I don’t find it easy to express my weaknesses and strengths‚ but even dough I think I’m not that bad communicating myself I think that I have a lot more to learn to apply it in my daily and professional life. I would say that my writing skills are good‚ even better when I use a writing computer program such as Word‚ but in general I think I have a richer vocabulary when I’m writing
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CEO and CFO perceptions about AIS impact on firm performance and financial reporting: How do SOX‚ COSO‚ and the implementation of IT help reduce fraud and increase productivity in a business? In the multifaceted‚ dynamic‚ corporate global milieu‚ imminent rifts continue to rattle the arenas of accounting/finance. The personal ambitions of CEO’s and CFO’s outweighed their responsibilities toward shareholders‚ employees‚ operations‚ civic/ethical duties‚ and the general financial system. CEO’s primarily
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EXECUTIVE MEMo to: | Charles rampart‚ chairman and ceo | from: | andrew jordan‚ svp and GM connectors‚ division | subject: | RE: downsizing program | | | I appreciate the personal time and effort you have spent in thinking about the deep across-the-board-reduction. You have my support in the efforts of controlling costs to gain back investor confidence and bring the company back to becoming a sound investment. However‚ I do not wish to give my support blindly and so I have a few other
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Memo To: From: Date: October 7‚ 2012 Re: Hiring a managerial accountant for internal accounting The purpose of hiring a managerial accountant is to focus on the internal accounting system. His or her goal will be to comply with the outside demand of bankers as well as summarize the data that will be used to manage and control the business better. He or she will be responsible for paying close attention to short-term goals on day to day basis and make sure that the long-term goals of the
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Gibbons‚ Johnson & Tannun‚ LLP Memo To: Alex Lee From: Date: September 23‚ 2012 Subject: Alternative Minimum Tax In 1969‚ Congress had noticed that 155 people with high incomes were legally using so many deductions and other tax breaks that they were virtually paying nothing in federal income taxes. This angered many tax paying citizens and embarrassed the government. In an effort to fix the system Congress came up with the alternative minimum tax. At the time the tax only affected the
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PERSUASIVE ESSAY TUI UNIVERSITY Persuasive Writing: Getting Controversial COM 301 International Communications The goal of this memo is to persuade high school senior‚ Micah Jackson to join the marines. Former President Ronald Reagan once said "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem." I briefly spoke to Micah over the phone and set up an interview to come in my office to talk about joining the marines. Micah
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