Copyright Financial Times Information Limited Jul 9‚ 2002 Ron Beaumont‚ chief operating officer of WorldCom‚ is one of several senior executives who should have been aware of discrepancies in the telecommunications company’s books before the near-$4bn fraud was revealed last month‚ according to people close to the company. The fraud that was allegedly engineered by Scott Sullivan‚ the chief financial officer who was fired the day the scandal was announced‚ led to a massive overstatement of WorldCom’s
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Project report on: Consumer Trust – Flipkart Subject: Consumer Behaviour Submitted to: Prof. Neha Gupta Submitted by: Ami Vora Roll No: 58 Class: PGDM - Communications FLIPKART is an Indian e-commerce company founded by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal in 2007‚ both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Initially funded by the Bansals themselves with Rs.400‚000‚ Flipkart has since then raised funding from venture capital funds Accel India in 2009 and Tiger Global (US$10
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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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Bibliography: Books 1. Maxims in Law and Equity: Comprising Noy ’s Maxims‚ Francis ’s 2. The Principles of Equity and Trusts‚ Graham Virgo 3. Equity and trusts ‚ Alastair Hudson Web pages 1. http://www.slideshare.net/AhmadFarouqAmir/maxims-of-equity-12621279 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxims_of_equity 3. http://notes-law.blogspot.com/2008/08/maxims-of-equity.html
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Taking On the Trust Steve Weinberg’s “Taking on the Trust” is a book that chronicles the lives of both Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller. Ida Tarbell was born in Pennsylvania to Franklin and Esther Tarbell. While her family was not necessarily poor they were not rich either. At times they had to struggle to make it through while at other times they had money in the bank. One of the interesting things about her family is how strongly religion played a role in their family. Even when they didn’t
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existed at the when the gift was made but ceased on the date it is to be executed. * Eg : A make a will to give RM1million to XXX charity in 1995 . A died in 2002. XXX charity ceased in 2000. a) Width of charitable intent * Where a charitable trust fails as being effective on the date of the gift‚ the gift will lapse of the property will apply cy pres * Only if the court finds a wider intent‚ cy pres will be applicable. RE RYMER [1984] 1 Ch 143 * A legacy to the rector for
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Losing Trust People are influenced by the world around them. Someone may have changed their opinions or beliefs by hearing what others have said. Many in society are guilty of a process known as the “bandwagon effect” in which people will ignore what they want and look around to see what everyone else says first (Bandwagon Effect). This can be as innocent as standing in a crowd of people who are dancing and deciding to dance because everyone else is doing it‚ or causing a devastating event like
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Instructions 1. This assignment will constitute 20% of your total final mark. 2. Your Assignment‚ excluding footnotes‚ must not exceed 5‚000 words. One mark will be deducted for every word exceeding the maximum word count. 3. Your answer must be printed in 12 point Times New Roman or Roman font‚ with 1.5 spacing‚ on single-sided sheets with a one-inch margin all around. 4. Marks will be awarded for judicious use of headings and proper citation style. Conversely‚ marks will be deducted
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VARIATION OF TRUST 9.1 Introduction It means in what circumstances changes can be made in the terms of the trust. After a trust has been validly created‚ it becomes apparent that it might be better that original terms were altered. Hence‚ variation of trust allows the trustees to do things beyond their powers. CASE LAW: Saunders v/s Gautier: It states that changes can be made in the Trust. Hence‚ the general rule is that the original trust probate must be obtained and a breach of trust will be committed
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trust agreement THIS TRUST AGREEMENT‚ MADE THIS _____ DAY OF _____________‚ 20XX‚ BETWEEN ____________________________‚ PRESENTLY RESIDING AT _________ ________________ ________________________ (SETTLOR)‚ _____________ ___________________‚ PRESENTLY RESIDING AT __________________________________ ______ (TRUSTEE)‚ AND ________________ __________‚ PRESENTLY RESIDING AT ________ ___________________________ (SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE). THE TRUST CREATED BY THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE ______________________
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