Enron: Tone at the Top The fall of Enron is not just one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history‚ but in my opinion‚ a landmark case study of the lack of business ethics in an organization. Enron’s downfall‚ along with the demise of Arthur Andersen‚ one of the largest public accounting firms at the time‚ brought about a swift change in U.S. regulations governing how publicly traded companies reported their financials. While the top brass at Enron pled ignorance to the fact that they had no control
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1007/s10115-007-0114-2 SURVEY PAPER Top 10 algorithms in data mining Xindong Wu · Vipin Kumar · J. Ross Quinlan · Joydeep Ghosh · Qiang Yang · Hiroshi Motoda · Geoffrey J. McLachlan · Angus Ng · Bing Liu · Philip S. Yu · Zhi-Hua Zhou · Michael Steinbach · David J. Hand · Dan Steinberg Received: 9 July 2007 / Revised: 28 September 2007 / Accepted: 8 October 2007 Published online: 4 December 2007 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2007 Abstract This paper presents the top 10 data mining algorithms identified
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Florida‚ Maryland‚ and London‚ respectively. Despite the varying locations‚ the three articles shared many similarities in their articles. Mountaintop removal is a procedure in mining that involves using high power explosives for the removal of the top of a mountain to expose the valuable coal seams below. It differs from traditional underground mining in the sense that it is not underground. This technique of mining is safer for the workers because it results in a smaller rate of death compared to
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TOP 50 Companies Worldwide Ranking Company Industry Revenue FY Capitalization Employees Listing Headquarters CEO 1 Exxon Mobil Corporation Oil and gas $482.295 December 31‚ 2012 $408.78 76‚9 NYSE: XOM United States Irving‚ Texas Rex W. Tillerson 2 Royal Dutch Shell Oil and gas $481.7 December 31‚ 2012 $236.34 90 LSE: RDSA Netherlands The Hague; United Kingdom London Peter Voser 3 Walmart Retail $469.162 January 31‚ 2013 $208.36 2‚200‚000 NYSE: WMT United
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Taj Mahal‚ Agra Built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1631‚ in memory of his wife Mumtaz‚ the Taj Mahal is one of the top 7 wonders of the world. Golden Temple‚ Amritsar The Golder Temple (Harmandir Sahib/Darbar Sahib)‚ is the holiest shrine of Sikhism. Guru Ram Das Ji founded the city of Amritsar in the 16th centurywhen it was constructed. An active place of worship for Sikhs‚ the Harmandir Sahib is also visited by people from other religion. Mysore Palace The Palace of Mysore was
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Analyzing the Article “America‚ Still on Top” American universities currently do a better job overall at preparing students for the society. Vartan Gregorian in his article “America‚ Still on Top”‚ declares that one of the great strengths of U.S. higher education is that it grew by “informal design”. He mentions the 1862 Morrill act‚ which the states were able to found colleges by using federal lands. Also states created universities‚ junior city and county colleges. In this article Gregorian
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Top Healthcare Priorities Khrystsina Komar HCM 300 – Healthcare Principles and Practices Colorado State University – Global Campus Dr. Karleen Yapp January 21‚ 2013 Top Healthcare Priorities Cost‚ quality and access are the top three healthcare priorities. And the main focus of healthcare reform is to lower the cost‚ improve the quality and access of the healthcare. On March 23 of 2010 President Obama signed into the law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This document cased
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How does Duffy present the theme of time in ’The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team’? In the poem‚ ’The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team’ by Carol Ann Duffy‚ many themes are frequently explored‚ time is a huge theme presented throughout‚ there are many relations and connections to time and how it changes people‚ affects our behaviour etc‚ this theme if explored by Duffy using a variety of techniques including structure‚ language‚ dramatic techniques and imagery used. Firstly time
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Activation of Top-Down Processing in Speech Comprehension Speech comprehension is how we interpret messages that we hear. This is often presented to us in dialogue where we can see and interact with the other party‚ but we must also be able to understand speech in other mediums such as over the telephone‚ through the media‚ or over a tannoy announcement in a supermarket or on public transport for example. Top down processing describes how we infer meaning when
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