Enrons Fall Kenneth Lay – CEO Auditors – Arthur Anderson Jeffrey Skilling – Consultant‚ Hired as a young consultant‚ as due to deregulation‚ Enron incurred massive debts. Jeffrey skilling was hired to come up with innovative new ideas. His revolutionary idea for Enron was to ‘create a gas bank in which Enron would buy gas from a network of suppliers and sell to a network of consumers‚ contractually guaranteeing both the supply and the price‚ charging fees for the transactions and assuming the
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BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY BOARD EFFECTIVENESS AND COST OF DEBT by : FARUQ AKURAT 100810251004 ECONOMIC FACULTY JEMBER UNIVERSITY 2011 / 2012 Board Effectiveness and Cost of Debt ABSTRACT Does the board of directors influence cost of debt financing? This study of a sample of Spanish listed companies during the period 2004–2007 provides some evidence about the question. The results suggest that two board attributes – director ownership and board activity – appear to influence
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We the people should fight for the decrement of college tuition because if we don’t‚ high tuition will continue a vicious cycle of generational debt. For many Americans‚ college is the land of opportunity and it is true. Parents reinforce how significant education is‚ and for many students‚ their goal after college is to live out the "American dream". On the other hand‚ many college graduates are deferring their dreams in place of something else‚ paying off their college debt. Many families across
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The historical federal spending of the government has already done significant damage to America; spending habits have increased the federal budget deficit at alarming rates adding $2.7 trillion to the national debt in two years‚ $1.4 trillion in the 2009 fiscal year and $1.3 trillion in 2010. (Montgomery) These deficits are largely caused by increases in spending rates. The current Obama Administration has used the recession in their favor to expand both the government and spending. America
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How do people define a community? Some many define community upon several features such as ethnicity‚ race‚ occupation‚ gender‚ or on geography. Others many define community as a group of people that come together that have similar interests and ideas. “In the United States‚ we pride ourselves on rugged individualism and the pioneering spirit; at the same time‚ we believe in collective values” (Shea 259). Community remains a group of people that have the same interests and intentions and community
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that a group of commoners had overpowered the nobility. The storming of the Bastille on July 14th‚ 1789‚ has inspired other peoples to fight tyranny and gain independence from their oppressors. Given that the masses in other lands and at other times shared many of the problems that the French revolutionaries faced explains the widespread influence and symbolism of the Fall of the Bastille. The main cause of the French Revolution involved the differences between the three different social classes
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termination of some relationships mark a bitter and unfortunate end‚ sometimes the pair is better off without each other. In his article “How People Go to Hell”‚ Günther Schmigalle argues that Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises can and should be “placed in the tradition of philosophical pessimism and the genre of tragedy”. Schmigalle argues that Jake and Brett’s relationship falls into the genre of tragedy‚ however I believe the disintegration of their relationship should be categorized as optimistic. Schmigalle
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The debt crisis of Nigeria and Greece Introduction National debt is a problem that can inflict any country including the developed countries. Almost all countries go into budget deficit one way or the other and end up borrowing money. The most direct effect of the government debt is to place a burden on future generations of taxpayers. When these debts and accumulated interest come due‚ future taxpayers will face a difficult choice. Inheriting such a large debt cannot help but lower the living
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stock‚ which indicate ownership in the firm. Even if your business is a one-person shop‚ you are the shareholder. If the business is a huge conglomerate‚ then it has a Board of Directors made up of the shareholders who own shares of the firm based on how much money they have invested. Because the shareholders own the firm‚ they are entitled to the profits of the firm. Thus the general aim of a company is not only to maximize profits but to maximize shareholders’ wealth. One of the ways of maximizing
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The Latin America debt crisis What Happened Both internal and external for Latin Americas roller coaster economic performance in what was known as the crisis. During the 50’s and 60’s there was favorable conditions in place to maintain steady employment creation‚ capital investment and overall economic expansion. But this period ended in 1973 amid the first world oil crisis rocked the world economy and caused an era of debt-led growth among the oil importing Latin America countries. Latin American
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