ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM Kenneth “Ken” Lay‚ the founder of Enron Corporation grew up from a poor family. His father was a Baptist ministry. Ken Lay works many jobs at the same time. He was aiming to make wealth for himself and for his family. From his childhood‚ he learned the value of hard work to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal (to be rich). He actually did work so hard‚ been working with different companies and upgraded his skills and education in obtaining Ph.D. degree
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Chapter-1 Introduction Definition of banks In India‚ the definition of the business of banking has been given in the Banking Regulation Act‚ (BR Act)‚ 1949. According to Section 5(c) of the BR Act‚ ’a banking company is a company which transacts the business of banking in India.’ Further‚ Section 5(b) of the BR Act defines banking as‚ ’accepting‚ for the purpose of lending or investment‚ of deposits of money from the public‚ repayable on demand or otherwise‚ and withdrawal‚ by cheque‚ draft
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Case 9 Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? The corporate culture at Enron was centered on a twisted lack of ethical behavior based on greed and profit seeking. Top management set a tone in the workplace that encouraged risk and rule breaking in the name of revenue. Employees were compensated for unethical behavior that brought money into the company and terminated if they did not reach the monetary levels of
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Enron was an energy company based in Huston‚ Texas. It was one of the innovative and also one of the seven largest company in the United States in 1990s. It had about 20‚000 employees at that time. The company was making profit from supplying natural gas and electricity until the late 1980s‚ but after that it expanded its operation to the trading of energy related financial products such as derivatives. Enron looked like a great company that makes a lot of profit however‚ in 2001‚ after the firm’s
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Running head: Credit Agricole and BP Credit Agricole PARIS (AFP) – French bank Credit Agricole‚ one of the biggest European banks by capitalisation‚ reported a doubling of net profit to 1.0 billion euros ($1.42 billion) in the first quarter‚ on Friday. The price of shares in the bank showed a gain of 1.40 percent to 11.23 euros in a market up 0.57 percent overall. The outcome‚ marking an increase of 112 percent from the result 12 months ago‚ was in line with average estimates of analysts as
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critical currents Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Occasional Paper Series Carbon Trading How it works and why it fails no.7 November 2009 critical currents no.7 November 2009 Carbon Trading How it works and why it fails Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Uppsala 2009 The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation pays tribute to the memory of the second Secretary General of the UN by searching for and examining workable alternatives for a socially and economically
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I. DEFINITION A LETTER OF CREDIT (Documentary Credit) is a letter from a bank guaranteeing that a buyer’s payment to a seller will be received on time and for the correct amount. In the event that the buyer is unable to make payment on the purchase‚ the bank will be required to cover the full or remaining amount of the purchase. • A letter of credit is often abbreviated as LOC or LC‚ and is also referred to as a documentary credit. The parties to this document are usually an applicant who
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Enron Corruption is defined as dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (Merriam Webster). There is perhaps no company in our nation’s history that further exemplifies this word than Enron. Enron’s history of fraud‚ laundering‚ and deception is now known world-wide‚ and stands as the lead example for future companies practicing unethical behaviors. Enron’s corrupted culture‚ cultivated by CEO Jeffrey Skilling‚ made some very rich while ultimately leaving thousands in ruin.
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Q 1: Evaluate Enron profit and cash flow performance during the period 1998 – 2000? Profitability Measures Enron’s reported net income grew from $703 million in 1998 to $979 million in 2000‚ totaling 35.1% profit growth for the three-year period. Enron was among the leading of “high performing” companies by sustaining a high earnings growth insight. However‚ as Table 1 indicates‚ Enron’s reported profits were microscopic relation to revenues. Net income did not grow at anything near the same
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Credit Approval Process: Credit approval process starts with receiving prescribed completed credit application from the customer and ends with issuance of a written “Sanction Advice” by the Bank. Credit approval process in the bank shall be guided by some basic principles. These are as follows: Credit Proposal: Purpose: A Credit Proposal is prepared by the Relationship Management Team either at Branch or Corporate Division based at Head Office to present a concise and objective assessment
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