market maker in natural gas and other commodities. Enron successfully influenced policymakers to exempt the company from various regulatory rules‚ for example in the field of energy derivatives. This allowed Enron to enter various trading markets with virtually no government oversight. Arguably‚ regulation might have prevented Enron from taking some of the risks and making some of the mistakes which it did. While deregulation may initially have helped Enron‚ by allowing it to create and enter new markets
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Shaffer Directed by Marc Shaffer Correspondent Hedrick Smith ANNOUNCER: It was a meteoric rise. VOICE: We will become the world’s leading company. ANNOUNCER: And a devastating collapse. VOICE: Enron is a corporate Chernobyl. VOICE: You had the entire system playing fast and loose. VOICE: It is not just Enron‚ it’s an industry problem. LYNN TURNER‚ SEC Chief Accountant (1998-2001): It is real‚ real damage to the country. ANNOUNCER: Why didn’t anyone sound an alarm? VOICE: The watchdogs work for executives
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[Case/Article Name]: The Enron Wars – Vanity Fair | The Watkins Memo | Questions: 1. Why do you think the whistleblowers we’ve encountered have all been women? The first reason I guess is women are more considering about emotions not about objective facts. Maybe a man won’t do anything he thinks it is wrong. He will refuse wrong things immediately. But women judge things by their own standards. For instance‚ if a woman likes the person who tells a woman to do something wrong based
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Q3. What are the prospects for the industry going forward? 1.Though the average level of profitability in the pharmaceutical industry has been declining over time (In 2002‚ the average ROIC in the industry was 21.6%; by 2006‚ it had fallen to 14.5%)‚ historically‚ the pharmaceutical industry has been a profitable one. Because- Name of industry | Average ROIC(Between 2002 and 2006) | Pharmaceuticals | 16.45%(large) | computer hardware | 12.76% | Electronics | 3.88% | 2. The prospect
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9001:2008 Certified Institute (Indian Standard Organization(ISO) Certificate Number:2071-QMS-1071) Email id: hsbsolutions7@gmail.com website:www.hsbsolutions.jimdo.com Ph: 9210846949 / 9717925135 Physics: Chapter 2 Solutions Last 15 years questions with solutions Topic: Strength of Solution Q.1Discuss the effect of Temperature on Solubility of solids in Solvent. AnsThe solubility of solid in a liquid solvent generally increases with increase in temperature of the solvent. Very rarely some neutral
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Case summary – Enron Corporation’s Weather Derivatives Steve Haik‚ Dan Sleker and Bas van Bellegem – March 2003 Background In October Mary Watts‚ CFO of Pacific Northwest Electric (PNW) reviewed the forward plan for PNW’s 200-2001 season. PNW’s has been experiencing nearly no EPS growth since 1995 due to deregulation and warmer-than-average winter climate. The stock price had suffered accordingly‚ but there maybe a way to hedge the weather risk via a new “weather derivative” being proposed by
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room The Enron scandal‚ revealed in October 2001‚ eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation‚ an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas‚ and the de facto dissolution of Arthur Andersen‚ which was one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world. In addition to being the largest bankruptcy reorganization in American history at that time‚ Enron was attributed as the biggest audit failure. Enron was formed in 1985 by Kenneth
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1. Identify suitable business data‚ data elements‚ data types‚ and resources‚ based on the following interview between a database analyst and a lecturer from Sutherland University: Business Data Data Elements Data Types Resources Course Course code Course name Course start date Course end date Integer Character Date Date Admin Classes Class name Start date End date Time Location Class capacity Integer Date Date Date time Integer Variable Admin Students Student ID
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CHAPTER 5 Merchandising Operations and the Multiple-Step Income Statement ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1. (a) Disagree. The steps in the accounting cycle are the same for both a merchandising company and a service company. (b) The measurement of income is conceptually the same. In both types of companies‚ net income (or loss) results from the matching of expenses with revenues. 2. The components of revenues and expenses differ as follows: | | Merchandising | | Service | RevenuesExpenses
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Destin Brass Products Problem: - The Company is producing 3 major products – Valve‚ Pump and Flow Controller. The Company is concerned about the price cutting of Pumps going on in the market every month. It is also surprised to see no change in sales of Flow Controller despite 12 ½% increases in prices. Current Scenario: - Currently it is using traditional accounting system‚ Unit of product is charged for material cost‚ labor cost (standard time for labor times the labor pay rate $16 per hour)
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