’A Questionable Shape’ by Bennet Simms Sims plays with our collective knowledge of the undead‚ interweaving his zombies’ penchant for the familiar with our own familiarity with the subject and his narrator’s internal struggle with those he is most familiar with‚ so that the novel becomes‚ among other things‚ an exploration of the very concept of familiarity. Defamiliarization: a process by which you try to remove certain associations with the faces of the people you love. FIGHT THE BITE:
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The Enron Controversy: Techno-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications Girish Sant and Shantanu Dixit PRAYAS Subodh Wagle CEEP‚ University of Delaware‚ USA The Enron Controversy‚ Prayas‚ Sept. 1995 4 Ÿ The Enron Controversy Contents Summary 1. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Between Dabhol Power Company and Maharashtra State Electricity Board: Structure and Implications 2. The Enron Deal: Why the First Stage Should Be Cancelled 3. The Enron Controversy: Alternative Options For
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Transaction Exposure (Note 11; Ch 8) 1. Transaction Exposure 2. Hedging Foreign exchange exposure is a measure of the potential for a firm’s profitability‚ net cash flow‚ and market value to change because of a change in exchange rates These three components (profits‚ cash flow and market value) are the key financial elements of how we evaluate the relative success or failure of a firm 1. Transaction Exposure: measures changes in the value of outstanding financial obligations
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Under the common law‚ accountants may be found liable to the clients who hire them under several legal theories‚ including breach of contract‚ fraud‚ and negligence. Accountants owe a duty to use reasonable care‚ knowledge‚ skill‚ and judgment when providing auditing and other accounting services to a client. In other words‚ an accountant’s actions are measured against those of a “reasonable accountant” in similar circumstances. The development of GAAPs‚ GAASs‚ and other uniform accounting standards
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Business Ethics Enron Case 1. Using the options market more for gambling purposes to cover loss rather than insurance. The culture was if one of their employees was making a lot of money they didn’t ask questions they didn’t look too deep into where the money was going they eventually gave these people more money to spend and use‚ what they realized later on was that that employee wasn’t very good. They were just lucky one time. They made some losses and had to get that loss back so they put
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ENRON Principles of Accounting Enron Key Players KENNETH LAY Former Enron chairman JEFFREY SKILLING Former Enron CEO DAVID DUNCAN Former Andersen partner NANCY TEMPLE Andersen lawyer THOMAS WHITE Secretary of the Army SHERRON WATKINS Enron vice president Enron started about 29 years ago in July 1985 in Houston‚ Texas.. A energy economist named Kenneth Lay became the CEO of Enron. Mr. Lay was a very optimistic
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could have prevented the fall of Enron. First of all‚ if the board of directors made the right strategies for Enron rather than created hundreds of SPEs to remove assets and debts off balance sheet‚ the picture of Enron could have made a difference. Secondly‚ if the audit committee of Enron could point out all those aggressive and risky accounting treatment and propose solutions‚ then the afterward damages could be eliminate or at least minimized. c. The BOD of Enron should have known about the risks
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Enron 1. How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? There was an overwhelming aura of pride‚ carrying with it the deep-seated belief that Enron¡¦s people could handle increasing risk without danger. The culture also was about a focus on how much money could be made for executives. For‚ example Enron¡¦s compensation plans seemed less concerned with generating profits for shareholders than with enriching officer wealth. Enron¡¦s corporate
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Today: 21 Nov 2014 Mr Ahmed Shkhawat Hasan Transactions MR AHMED SHKHAWAT HASAN 20-80-57 43163857 Available balance £672.36 Last night’s balance £9.79 Overdraft limit £0.00 Emergency Borrowing £0.00 Showing 8 transactions between 22/10/2014 and 21/11/2014 Date Description Money in Money out Balance 21/11/2014 TESCO £668.99 £678.78 19/11/2014 PayPal £95.98 £9.79 11/11/2014 PayPal £16.00 £140.61 10/11/2014 A Hasan £50.00 £124.61 07/11/2014 HASAN A £80.00 £233.50
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UVA-F-1299 Rev. Feb. 8‚ 2011 This document is authorized for use only by Mattia Tenaglia at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Please do not copy or redistribute. Contact permissions@dardenbusinesspublishing.com for questions or additional permissions. ENRON CORPORATION’S WEATHER DERIVATIVES (A) Everybody talks about the weather‚ but nobody does anything about it.1 In October 2000‚ Mary Watts‚ the chief financial officer of Pacific Northwest Electric (PNW)‚ a utility servicing the Pacific Northwest
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