The Bofors scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India’s 155 mm field howitzer. The scale of the corruption was far worse than any that India had seen before‚ and directly led to the defeat of Gandhi’s ruling Indian National Congress party in the November 1989 general elections. It has been speculated that the scale of the scandal was to the
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The Fannie Scandal: The ’Financiopaths ’ Did It Article Analysis Jami L. Harris University of Phoenix ACC 363/ Financial Accounting II Facilitator: Eduard Delacruz November 5‚ 2006 Abstract When most people hear the word "Enron‚" they the first thought that comes to mind is watching the news with the executives being taken by handcuffs to a police car due to the scandal. Though it remains very familiar in the minds of the American people‚ Fannie Mae had also lead a scandalous act to
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WorldCom Scandal A summary of WorldCom fraud would include having to describe the greed that would eventually destroy one of the largest communications companies in the United States and world. A humble motel owner‚ Bernard Ebbers took a small long distance company in 1983 and turned it into one of the most successful businesses in the country. It was not so much the business operations that caused the company to grow but the aggressive acquisitions that made the company grow. In its day‚ CEO Bernard
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has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories‚ instead of theories to suit facts" (Scandal‚ 3). For his cases‚ Holmes gathers up data and information in any way he can‚ one being the art of disguise. The use of disguises play a significant part in crime solving because they allow Holmes to conceal his identity so he can gather information and ultimately deceive society. In “A Scandal in Bohemia”‚ the King of Bohemia hires Sherlock Holmes to retrieve a photograph from Irene Adler‚
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The commissioner position in major league professional sports arose in the 1920’s in Major League Baseball. The position was created to help prevent scandals following the 1919 World Series‚ in which the Chicago “Black-Sox” purposefully threw games for money. Ever since the creation of the position‚ the power to act in the “best interests” of the sport‚ regarding conduct detrimental to the league‚ has been entrusted to the commissioner. Currently all four major professional sports leagues in the
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Tammy Coleman Dr. Wilson The Bohemian Scandal In Conan Doyle’s short story “A Scandal in Bohemia” (1888)‚ Sherlock Holmes can tell that the stranger possess great wealth before he speaks a single word. Sherlock Holmes analyzes everything when it comes to people. He uses their appearance‚ how they carry themselves‚ and what kind of objects they have on them. The author uses descriptive words to describe the way the stranger looked. This essay will prove that Sherlock Holmes is so observant
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Kovaleva Mary Assignment 3. Enron scandal Rise of the company Enron was an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas. It was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. In 1985‚ Kenneth Lay merged the natural gas pipeline companies of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth to form Enron. In the early 1990s‚ he helped to initiate the selling of electricity at market prices and‚ soon after‚ the United States Congress passed legislation deregulating the
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league’s Chairman and Commissioner. It is currently contested by nine teams‚ consisting of players from around the cricketing world. ------------------------------------------------- However‚ the league has been engulfed byseries of corruption scandals. ------------------------------------------------- Controversies involving the Indian Premier League From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has found itself in the middle of many conflicts with
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Enron scandal Enron shocked the world from being “America’s most innovative company” to America’s biggest corporate bankruptcy at its time. At its peak‚ Enron was America’s seventh largest corporation.From the 1990’s until the fall of 2001‚ Enron was famous throughout the business world and was known as an innovator‚ technology powerhouse‚ and a corporation with no fear. The sudden fall of Enron in the end of 2001 shattered not just the business world but also the lives of their employees. Enron
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Williams‚ then was acquired by British company CE Health PLC in 1971‚ and renamed as "HIH" in 1995. Before its collapse‚ HIH was the second largest insurance company in Australia‚ and covered several insurance segments‚ including worker’s compensation‚ public and private liability‚ property‚ industrial and commercial insurance. It also expanded globally into the US and UK markets. On March 15‚ 2001‚ HIH insurance was placed into provisional liquidation. The liquidator estimated that the total loss of
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