WorldCom was one of the leading telecommunication companies prior to its application for bankruptcy protection on July 21st‚ 2002. The firm’s decision to file for bankruptcy was a shocker move considering the amount of revenues and asset base the company had. It is believed that the firm was highly involved in fraudulent bookkeeping between the year 1999 and 2000 where they had managed to overstate its taxable income by at least $7 billion. It was also revealed that the company had committed itself
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| |Japan: Macroeconomic Analysis | | | | |Juan Pablo Giraudo
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Describe both the positive and negative impacts of globalization to Singapore There are many definitions for globalization. With the rapid development of technical inventions and increasing economic bonding‚ most tend to regard ’’globalization’’ as a non-border platform‚ where the exchange of goods‚ resources‚ and information in all aspects take places vigorously in the present world. Apart from those materials‚ the movement of people also becomes frequent when the connection to every corner in
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Dissertation research proposal Table of contents Introduction 1- Problem definition/statement 2-Research goals 3-Research objectives 4-Research hypothesis 5-Dissertation organization Chapter one: Literature review Chapter two: Research methodology -Introduction 1. Recipients of the research 2. Justification of the research 3. Research Methodology 3.1. Research problem area 3.2. Research question 3. 3.Research objectives 3.4. Research hypothesis 3.5. Research
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former KCR Chairman and its CEO in 2006‚ the Merger has brought much uncertainty to its employees and further drag down their morale. Over dependent on property development means that shareholders’ returns are vulnerable in times of economic recession. 3) Opportunities The China government has announced 4 trillion yuan stimulus package on November 9 aimed at boosting domestic demand over the next two years including 1.8 trillion yuan on railways‚ roads and airports (SCMP‚ 28/11/08). This
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development. Economists predict that the Indian economy will be the third largest by 2025‚ after the USA and China. Strength: The strength of the Indian economy lies in its robust nature‚ which is evident from its constant growth even during times of recession (2008-09). The banking and credit system has been able to survive the downturn due to heavy regulations imposed by the RBI. This brought more transparency to the system. Another important factor that forms the spine of the Indian economy is agriculture
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multiples are not as high as in neither Estonia nor Latvia. As regards Latvia‚ Alf Vanags and Morten Hansen recently published a detailed analysis on the future path of the Latvian economy faced with the incoming financial crisis and potential global recession. Their conclusion is rather dire with respect to the potential loss of output between now and 2010. As the authors make painfully clear‚ this fact obviously brings into the question the whole idea of con’vergence towards the illusive EU15 living
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food that has been grown using chemicals‚ they want to natural food. Tesco has responded to this change by introducing organic food ranges. Tesco is restricted by law from growing too big.to overcome this they have begun to offer more services. Recession has been biggest political factor as a lot of countries suffer unemployment; Tesco has responded to this change by offering more employment as this will reduce the amount of people who are unemployed. Economical Customers want to shop in a
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thereby losing about 60% of its value. As a result‚ investors lost the equivalent of (U.S.) $2 trillion and property values plummeted by about $10 trillion. Property values in certain parts of the country declined by 70% and plunged Japan into a deep recession for 10-years. 2. Other nations can learn a lot from Japan. They can learn from Japan that government regulation is not always the answer to problems. With Japan having a high level of deflation and the working class has become smaller than
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Expansionary fiscal policy is a form of fiscal policy in which a decrease in taxes‚ and/or an increase in transfer payments are used to correct the problems of a business-cycle contraction. The goal of expansionary fiscal policy is to close a recessionary gap‚ stimulate the economy‚ and decrease the unemployment rate. I will now evaluate the view that expansionary Fiscal Policy is always beneficial to the UK’s macro-economic performance. One way expansionary fiscal policy can be beneficial to the
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