The Dutch were one of the most powerful colonies in the world at the time. One of their greatest conquers is in Southeast Asia. The Dutch arrived in Indonesia in 1596. Dutch colonialism was carried out initially by the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) from 1605 to 1799. The VOC created forts and settlements in places as widely dispersed as Mocca (Arabian Peninsula)‚ Surat (Gujarat)‚ Colombo and Galle (Sri Lanka‚ formerly Ceylon)‚ Calcutta (Bengal)‚ Beijing‚ Macau and Canton (China)‚ Deshima (Japan)
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WorldCom Scandal Formerly known as WorldCom‚ now known as MCI‚ this U.S.-based telecommunications company was at one time the second-largest long distance phone company in the U.S. Today‚ it is perhaps best known for a massive accounting scandal that led to the company filing for bankruptcy protection in 2002. In 1998‚ the telecommunications industry began to slow down and WorldCom’s stock was declining. CEO Bernard Ebbers came under increasing pressure from banks to cover margin calls on
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Contents Introduction 2 Early Career 2 The Firm 3 Sales Strategy 4 Investment Strategy 5 The Scandal 7 He was not alone 9 The Markopolos Whistle 11 The collapse 13 Charges and Sentence 13 The Victims 14 2009 Ponzi Schemes 16 The SEC Failure 17 SEC post- Madoff 19 Hedge Fund Transparency 20 Conclusion 21 Bibliography 25 Tables Table 1: List of Madoff Clients (taken from the "The New York Times"‚ last updated June 24‚ 2009) 15 Table 2: 2009 Ponzi Scheme SEC Charges 17 Figures
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An Explanation of the Legal Reserve System The economic challenges that we face in today’s world have become second only to the great depression. The recent collapses of banks and large corporations in our country have made people scramble for a place that has security. We are asked often‚ "Where can we place assets that provide safety and security in uncertain times"? One place that should be considered is life insurance companies that have a Legal Reserve classification. Life companies that comply
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disasters such as the turbulence in Libya and the Middle East‚ and the earthquake in Japan‚ the oil prices were set to rise once again in 2011. This was the reason why the cost of the fuel made to the top priority in risk management affecting not only Royal Caribbean but also the entire cruise line industry‚ where the fuel costs signify concern given by representing a major part of a ship’s expenditure. The alteration of the oil prices has always been an unstable business‚ being $140 per barrel in July
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Stereotypes and the culture of the Dutch The Dutch are stoned all the time‚ they wear wooden shoes and all Dutch are tall‚ have blond hair and blue eyes. At least half the population is gay‚ tulips are everywhere‚ there is lots of freedom “everything is accepted”‚ Wind mills‚ the Dutch are greedy “going Dutch”‚ cheese‚ Amsterdam is heaven and every Dutch shed keeps at least a dozen bicycles. All of these are stereotypes of the Netherlands and the Dutch culture. Some are true and some are false
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Running head: CORPORATE SCANDAL 1 Sheri Bardot Ashford University OMM 640 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Prof. Tricia Devin Corporate Scandal in America: Week 6 March 17‚ 2012 COROPORATE SCANDAL 2 The unethical business practices of Enron‚ Leman Brothers and
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UTHM Hold Royal Concert to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Batu Pahat : Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) was held their first royal concert to celebrate the 20th UTHM anniversary. The concert was accompanied by orchestra team from National University of Singapore (NUS) together with UTHM combo. The concert was participated by one of Malaysia’s foremost music director Datuk Johari Salleh and the event become more exciting with present of popular singer Anuar Zain and Alyah. The
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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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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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