features like automated status updates for books lent/returned and alerts for students when their loan period expired. This system is still in use at my college today and it counts among one of my proudest accomplishments. Post my graduation‚ I joined Deloitte as Advisory Analyst in the Enterprise Risk Services division. Here‚ my responsibilities
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Goodwill Impairment and Fair Value Measurement: Hewlett-Packard’s Acquisition of Autonomy Abstract In today’s business environment‚ mergers and acquisitions are becoming increasingly common. Mergers and acquisitions create many accounting challenges including issues of fair value measurement and the associated topic of goodwill impairment. The fair value measurement of an acquired company usually entails using a Level 2 fair value estimate‚ or using a market or income approach‚ both level three
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Phantom of the Opera‚ Ragtime‚ and Sunset Boulevard‚ was sold in 1998 to buyers that found the value the paid for the company was an illusion. Livent’s chief financial officer‚ Maria Messina‚ who joined Livent in 1996 after serving as its auditor at Deloitte & Touche‚ had been immersed in what the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) charges was a “multifaceted and pervasive accounting fraud” (“At Livent‚” 1999). By using special software to carry out accounting manipulations‚ the top executives at
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Bibliography: Deloitte. (2009). Social networking and reputation risk in the workplace: Deloitte LLP 2009 Ethics & workplace survey results. Http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_2009_ethics_workplace_survey_220509.pdf Genova‚ G.L. (2009). No place to play: Current employee privacy rights in social
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McHugh. “Parmalat’s scandal not very clever.” Seattle Times‚ January 20‚ 2004‚ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001839930_parmalat200.html (accessed November 16‚ 2005). F. Kapner. “Parmalat’s Account 999 Points a Finger at Deloitte‚” Financial Post‚ April 12‚ 2004‚ FP16. Fred Kapner and‚ D. W. (2003‚ Dec 31). SEC targets italian food giant with fraudcharges: Regulator says parmalat debt sales hinged on false data‚ by david wells andFred kapner. Financial Times Retrieved from
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CHAPTER 12 ACCOUNTING FOR PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. a. Proprietorship: Ease of formation and nontaxable entity. b. Partnership: Expanded owner expertise and capital‚ nontaxable entity‚ and moderate complexity of formation. c. Limited liability company: Limited liability to owners‚ expanded access to capital‚ nontaxable entity‚ and moderate complexity of formation. 2. The disadvantages of a partnership are that its life is limited
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Date: November 2nd 2011 Subject: Japanese accounting practices JAPANSE GAAP Japan in the year 2010 had a GDP of 4.31 trillion dollars making them the 4th largest in the world 1. With this being said it is important that other countries doing business in the nation have a strong knowledge of their accounting practices. Japanese accounting practices have been going through some major changes over the past 10 years. In 2001 Financial Accounting Standards Foundation (FASF) was formed as well
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Case 14-3 Coconut Telegraph Coconut Telegraph Corporation (Coconut) is a developer and provider of specialized customer billings and management software and systems. Coconut’s flagship product‚ the Volcano System‚ is a customer billings and management system consisting of integrated hardware (user interfaces and consoles) and related software. Coconut has never sold‚ nor does it offer to sell‚ the Volcano System without the software since the software is necessary for the Volcano System to function
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Case 06-12 Outsourcing Services‚ Inc. Outsourcing Services‚ Inc. (OSI)‚ a SEC registrant‚ provides a variety of EDP and payroll processing services to third parties. OSI recently has introduced a new service line to provide product help-line support services through customer service representatives (CSRs) who are employees of OSI. On January 1‚ 2004‚ OSI entered into a service contract with Company X. Pursuant to the terms of the contract‚ OSI’s CSRs will provide technical support for Company X’s
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Here is something else that can help Businesses can improve their ability to attract‚ retain and improve productivity by applying the following five-step PRIDE process: P - Provide a Positive Working Environment R - Recognize‚ Reward and Reinforce the Right Behavior I - Involve and Engage D - Develop Skills and Potential E - Evaluate and Measure STEP 1--PROVIDE A POSITIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT Jim Goodnight is the co-founder and President of SAS in Raleigh-Durham‚ NC. SAS is the largest software
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