------------------------------------------------- Mens Rea (Blameworthiness) Introduction Duff = “responsibility is a necessary but not a sufficient condition of liability” An actor is responsible when they are sufficiently blameworthy in causing the harm or committing the wrong = we blame those who have control over their actions (committing a crime is a mental process) * MR is the guilty mind. Note that it is not necessarily a moral/culpable judgment‚ and there can be involuntary MR e.g.
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Case Problem 1: Measuring Stock Market Risk As indicated by the case study S&P 500 index was use as a measure of the total return for the stock market. Our standard deviation of the total return was used as a one measure of the risk of an individual stock. Also betas for individual stocks are determined by simple linear regression. The variables were: total return for the stock as the dependent variable and independent variable is the total return for the stock. Since the descriptive statistics
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CH7063 CH7063 China‚ Peoples Republic of Product Brief China Spirits Market 2007 Approved by: Maurice House U.S. Embassy Prepared by: Steve Leu Report Highlights: China’s spirits sales were $25.1 billion in 2006‚ representing 43% of all alcoholic drinks consumed and making it China’s number one alcoholic beverage in current value terms. Spirits consumption revolves around baijiu‚ followed by whiskey and grape brandy. U.S. whiskey and bourbon exports to China grew 118% in 2006
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War I. The economy benefited greatly‚ fueled by industrialization and rapidly developing new technologies like the automobile and air travel. This boom took stock market to great heights. From 1920 to 1929 stocks more than quadrupled1 in value. Because of such high soaring stocks‚ they were considered as extremely safe investments. The common man believed stocks to be a “sure thing” thus researching little into the company whose stocks were being bought. Investors started purchasing stock on “margin”
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for Asian Economies in the New Millennium” Noel B. Del Castillo (Miriam College) Regulating the Philippine stock market: the Securities Regulation Code and the information efficiency of Philippine stock prices Noel B. Del Castillo* Miriam College‚ nbdelcastillo@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) on the information efficiency of the Philippine stock prices. Research
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In The Great Crash 1929‚ John Kenneth Galbraith considers the significance of the stock market crash of 1929 and the depression which followed. In the introduction‚ which was included for the 1988 release‚ he discusses the comparisons between the Great Crash of 1929 and the Crash of 1987. He refers to the date October 19‚ 1987‚ as "the most devastating day in the history of financial markets at least since the bursting of the South Sea Bubble." He asks‚ how many economists and investors were
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| 1. | What is stock market? | 1 | 2. | What is fraud? | 3 | 3. | Definition of fraud | 4 | 4. | Fraud law & legal definition | 5 | 5. | Definition of scam | 7 | 6. | When stock fraud occurs | 8 | 7. | Financial statement fraud | 10 | 8. | Features of security scam | 12 | 9. | How to spot stock scams | 13 | 10. | Avoiding stock market fraud & scams |
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 “I have no fear for the future of our country”(Washington‚ page 1)‚ that is what President Herbert Hoover said during his inaugural speech to ensure brightness and hope for the country after the stock market crashed on October 29‚ 1929. The Stock market crash of 1929 had a huge impact on American society by putting out businesses and causing hundreds of people to lose their jobs and homes‚ it led to the point where people committed suicide rather than living in a depressed
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How UNIQLO develop the China market by E-commerce through Taobao.com Give a brief overview of the case and why the group picked it: Uniqlo has been entered into China market since 2002 and there has nine retail shops in 2005. Unfortunately‚ she was not successful to run the business since later on two shops was closed. It showed that the low price strategy which she was using is not appropriate for her to growth in China. In view of the results‚ Uniqlo was finding ways to capture the huge potential
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A Comparison of Economic Growth in India and China - Lessons to be Learnt Author: G.Charles Arokia Das EPGP (2008 – 2010) Table of Content 1.Purpose of the Study 3 2.Understanding the economic growth model of China 9 2.1.Factors Leading to China’s Success in Manufacturing 12 2.1.1.Preferential Government Policy 12 2.1.2.Foreign Investments 13 2.1.3.Infrastructure Investment 14 2.1.4.Human Capital 15 3.Understand the economic growth model of India 15 3.1.Factors Leading to
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