decided to look into the Regina Company case using the perspective of a financial analyst who will report to the Electrolux management and board. This decision was due to the following reasons: 1. Any further audit from the side of Regina‚ Electrolux or the SEC will only yield a similar result as the last audit thus being redundant and utterly useless 2. Looking at the case in the perspective of a member of the board of Regina will prove to be useless in evaluating the case since we will have no
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REGINA COMPANY POINT OF VIEW: Regulator – National Commission on Fraudulent Financial Reporting CASE CONTEXT: Regina Vacuum Cleaner Co. seemed to be doing excellent as manifested in its healthy 1988 annual Financial Statements. However‚ Regina Company ended up as a tragic story that served as cautionary epic to investors‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ the public and the government. The Company was acquired through a leveraged buyout by a group of Top Executives led by Donald Sheelen‚ former
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Regina Case Regina Company Inc. was known as a complacent slow-growth company and was dominated by Hoover and Eureka within the floorcare industry. Donald Sheelen was a promising young individual when he was hired first as the head of the marketing division in Regina‚ and then became its president. Shortly after becoming company president‚ Sheelen set out to make Regina the industry’s number one company and repeatedly vowed to “bomb” Hoover‚ the number one firm in the industry at the time. Sheelen
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Ratio Analysis Case Section 1 When comparing Stephens Company with other companies it appears that they are quite similar‚ but they slightly vary. The first thing that differs from Stephens Company and the others is the return on total assets isn’t the same. The Stephens Companies return on total assets was 18.75% and the other companies were 10.2%. When looking at this ratio it helps one understand whether or not the company is using its assets to generate earnings before paying off other
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The legal citation of the case. Regina v [2001] NSWSC 1011 (8 november 2001) The elements of the offence. In order for a trial to be brought‚ the police and prosecutors might be able to prove that the elements of the particular offence are present. In this criminal case both Actus reus‚ Mens rea as well causation was clearly shown through the behavior of Katherine Knight. Actus reus is the term referring to ‘guilty act’ meaning any voluntary actions of omissions that constitutes to a crime
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common-sized financial statements for Regina for the period 1986 to 1988. Also‚ compute key liquidity‚ solvency‚ activity‚ and profitability ratios for the years 1987 and 1988. Given these data‚ identify what you believe were the high-risk financial statement line items for the 1988 Regina audit. I computed the ratios for 1986 as well as the required 1987 and 1988. The most interesting occurrence is how the values for the growth were not translated in the ratios. As sales increased‚ cost of goods
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Zhiwei Wu Ratio Analysis of Google Company Ratio analysis is an important way to investigate a corporation’s financial statement. It provides the detailed data that indicate a company’s financial activity‚ performance and how well the managers operate their company. It is very useful for the investors‚ shareholders and even the company’s managers when they want to understand the financial situation of the company and helps them to make the right investment decisions. Now I am trying to use the
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making the company susceptible to drop down in industry. “It is used to analyze the performance of a business. This ratio defines the effectiveness of the business while utilizing its working capital blocked in debtors. It also defines the frequency of alteration of receivables into
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Acknowledgement This report contains financial analysis of three companies of Bangladesh of three latest consecutive years‚ which we were instructed to perform by Ms. Mahtab Faruqui‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Brac Business School. The paper is an interpretation of the three leather companies we have chosen‚ Bata Leather‚ Apex Tannary Limited and Samanta Leather Limited and comparison within its own years (2009‚ 2010‚ and 2011) and also with one another. The interpretation was conducted with the help of the
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protection against a loss arising out of happening of an uncertain event. A person can avail this protection by paying premium to an insurance company. A pool is created through contributions made by persons seeking to protect themselves from common risk. Premium is collected by insurance companies which also act as trustee to the pool. Any loss to the insured in case of happening of an uncertain event is paid out of this pool. Insurance works on the basic principle of risk-sharing. A great advantage
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