The results of coal mining are destroying the environment. Regulators are trying their best to get coal mining companies to put money aside to clean up the devastating mess they have made‚ so that the tax payers do not have an outrageous $1 billion bill to pay. Many companies claim that their cleanup plans are well funded‚ but many believe this to be false because the demand for coal is low and many companies still remain bankrupt. The biggest problem is with the business Alpha Natural Resources
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Orange County Fire Authority is one of the biggest departments in southern California. It was founded as Orange County Fire Department in 1980 and declared bankruptcy in December 1994. Then three months later in March 1995‚ it reopened as Orange County Fire Authority with a new Fire Chief. It now has seventy-one fire stations‚ four helicopters‚ a wildland unit‚ and a hazmat unit. It has over one thousand full-time firefighters‚ two hundred reserve firefighters‚ covering twenty-three cities‚ and protecting
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Eddie Antar‚ the CEO of the Crazy Eddie Discount Electronics Chain. In 1993 Eddie was convicted for an $80 million stock fraud and after that his business collapse. Before the company went public in 1984 Eddie and two brothers were accused of putting together a scheme and inflated the value of the company. In 1990 Mr. Antar was on the run because the government charged‚ off millions and they found him in June 1992 in Israel then they extradited back to the United States. When Antar was 45 years old
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In my heart I truly believe that Fastow is changing his view and trying to change his view on money the the wanter the power that comes with that. In the movie we see the over powered jerk of a guy that is patrolled to be Fastow. but after prison listening to his story an how he goes around to not only try and help the people that he destroyed but to tell kids to not make the same mistakes that he did. Shows to me that he understands what he did was wrong and that he wants to move on and do the right
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In 1979‚ between the first and second years of his MBA program‚ O’Leary applied to a number of companies for a summer placement. Softkey products typically consisted of software for home audiences‚ especially compilation discs containing various games packaged in "Jewel-case" CD-ROMs. Due to this success‚ O’Leary abandoned his initial distribution strategy and turned to something more cost-effective; licensing software and marketing it under the SoftKey brand. O’Leary was an aggressive promoter of
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Enron “The Smartest Guys in the Room” The Enron: The smartest guys in the room it’s a documentary film based in an important and huge company that was involved in a huge scandal in the American history. The Enron Corporation when they first start was a successful company. In its beginning‚ Enron was a small company from Texas‚ after years Enron became in the seven largest business in the U.S. with a smarts an experts employees working for Enron. The founder was Ken Lay a smart executive. The company
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Does Positive Thinking Work? Final Assignment Annotated Bibliography Gregoire‚ Carolyn. (2012). Positive Thinking Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Negativity And Become More Optimistic. Huff Post Lifestyle Less Stress‚ More Living. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/09/positive-thinking-tips-10_n_2252944.html In the article titled “Positive Thinking Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Negativity And Become More Optimistic‚” author Carolyn Gregoire discusses how anyone can acquire positive
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Enron – The Ken Lay Indictment Questions/Answers for Discussion: 1. Is there sufficient evidence of fraudulent intent to convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Why or why not? If we are answering the question with the given facts presented in this case study‚ there are only allegations. To convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation ’beyond a reasonable doubt’ means that a trial must happen and both sides: Prosecutor and Defense will present a case to convince the jurors
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1. According to Snyder‚ when realism‚ liberalism‚ and idealism enter the policymaking arena and intellectual debate‚ they can sometimes become intellectual window dressing for simplistic worldviews. (1 point) 2. According to Snyder‚ each theory offers a filter for looking at a complicated picture‚ helps explain the assumptions behind political rhetoric‚ and acts as a powerful check on the others. (1 point) 3. According to Snyder‚ China’s current foreign policy is grounded in idealist ideas
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The central text for this project is the film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room by filmmaker Alex Gibney. This film investigates‚ documents and then exposes the many moves that led to the collapse of Enron. The director focuses on the chief leaders of the corporation as his principal characters in order to develop the story as a human tragedy. Throughout the course of the film‚ each leading character is revealed. All players were found to be distinct in their strategies and methods. However
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