Introduction We chose to examine and test the January Effect as a trading strategy. The January Effect is well documented in the literature since Rozeff and Kinney (RK) 1976. Their study showed share returns appear to be abnormally high in January in the United States. In Australia‚ Brown et al (BKKM) 1983 demonstrated that ASX share returns peak in January and July. This trend appears to persist over time and markets across the world so it could be an exploitable trading strategy‚ taking advantage
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Vanessa Gail Woods Strayer University Connor-Green/ACC 576 March 21‚ 2010 Accounting Fraud at WorldCom The break up of AT&T opened the long distance service market to small companies during the mid- to late-1980s and 1990s. Long Distance Discount Service (LDDS) opened in 1983 with moderate growth until its stock went public in 1989. CEO Bernie Ebbers decided to grow the organization through acquisitions (70 companies over the course of its lifetime)
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ANALISA SOALAN PEPERIKSAAN APRIL 2008 – APRIL 2010 PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT (MGT420) CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT APRIL 2010 a) Describe Mintzberg’s interpersonal roles and give examples. (10 marks) b) Discuss four (4) challenges faced by managers in the rapid changing environment. (10 marks) OCTOBER 2009 - APRIL 2009 a) Distinguish among the three levels of managers in terms of the skills required and activities involved. (14 marks) b)
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SYLLABUS FOR LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT/HUMAN DEVELOPMENT- 204-301- SUMMER 2013 Instructor: Dr. Wallace Smith‚ Senior Professor of Psychology smith@ucc.edu Office: Nomahegan Building‚ Counseling Center‚ Second Floor‚ N-218 Cranford Campus Office Hours: No Summer Office Hours. By Appointment only! Phone: 908-709-7515 Email: smith@ucc.edu Required Text: Jeffrey Jensen Arnett‚ Human Development‚ A Cultural Approach‚ 2012 Reality Check: · This class takes a substantial amount
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Examination of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle The 20th century was a time of rapid industrialization. Because of this industrialization‚ Americans and Immigrants faced endless hardships. The novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ is regarded as one of the most important novels of this time. It is considered an important and valuable analysis of several themes relating to turn-of-the-century life in America. The themes of immigration‚ living conditions‚ and working conditions‚ all expose why The Jungle
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Fraud Risk Memorandum This memo is to determine potential fraud risks that may exist within our client‚ Apollo shoes. There are reasons to believe that potential fraud risks do exist‚ however these risks are only hypothetical‚ but will be tested to assure users that Apollo’s financial statements are fairly stated. First‚ the client’s prohibition of contacting the predecessor auditor is considered a red-flag. The importance of the predecessor’s working papers and comparative work would make completing
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Hayes Honor‚ eh? Quite ironic considering that he "triumphed" in the presidential election by making a sleazy political deal and abandoning black Southerners to decades of oppression and discrimination‚ causing him to be known to history as "Ruther-Fraud B. Hayes." Pros-He signed a law which made it easier for Chinese Immigrants to come into the country (this was repealed with the Exclusion Act). He tied the value of the dollar to gold instead of silver. He supported Reconstruction (After the Civil
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The CITO Examination System Marjan Vernooy-Gerritsen‚ PhD Chief Information Officer e-mail marjan.vernooy@cito.nl CITO Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement Arnhem‚ Netherlands www.cito.com Paper presented at the 32st Annual Conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment Singapore May 21 – 26‚ 2006 http://www.iaea.info/documents/paper_1162a20164.pdf Dutch schools all are online‚ which opens possibilities for a fully web based assessment
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Car insurance fraud is of late becoming a very big problem not just in US but also in countries like Britain and those in the European Union. The sad thing is that most of these insurance fraudsters are becoming more and more cunning and creative with each passing day which makes it very difficult to nail them. It is now not surprising for insurance buyers to stage car accidents and then make claims for either personal injury or car compensation. Someone may also be cunning enough to craft out a
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Employee Fraud and Purchasing Department There is a phenomenon in middle/small size companies in China that purchasing agents of the companies collaborate with vendors to create fake receipts‚ in order to receive more reimbursement from the company. This also happened in the hospital I used to work for‚ where the purchasing agent had to buy food from different vendors for everyday dinning purpose. The fraud got exposed when one day a vendor called us and revealed the fact that
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