STANDARD OIL COMPANY Standard Oil Company Imperialism John D. was one of the world’s biggest monopolists. He began the Standard Oil Company in 1870 in Ohio. It began as an Ohio partnership formed by the well-known industrialist John D. Rockefeller‚ his brother William Rockefeller‚ Henry Flagler‚ chemist Samuel Andrews‚ silent partner Stephen V. Harkness‚ and Oliver Burr Jennings. John D. Rockefeller dominated the oil industry‚ for he was the single most important figure in shaping the new industry
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No PSYCHOLOGY REVISION- MRS DAWSON Models of addiction There are different models of addiction‚ these are the biological model‚ the cognitive model and the social learning model. Initiation – this refers to the process where individuals start to become addictive Maintance – this is the process whereby people continue to behave addictively even in the face of adverse consequences Relapse – this is the process whereby individuals who have
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ACCOUNTING 54-AUDITING 88 4th Street Campus Spring 2015 Tony Viertel CRN: 35238 Section: 581 Units: 3 Class Meeting: Wednesday 6:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m. Class Room Location: 321 Prerequisite: Accounting II Office: Cloud Hall‚ Room 405 Office hours: Wednesday & Thursday 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. or by appointment Telephone: (415) 452-7407 E-mail: cviertel@ccsf.edu REQUIRED TEXTS & WEBSITE ACCESS Course Name: Spring 2015 Accounting 54 Course ID: viertel75704 Auditing and Assurance Services‚ 15th ed.‚ Arens
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Further Pure 1 Revision Notes • Proof by induction To prove by induction that a statement (C) involving an integer n is true for all [pic]‚ prove that‚ i) (C) is true for [pic]; ii) if (C) is true for [pic]then (C) is true for [pic]. And then bring these parts together to complete the proof. • Summing series using formulae To sum series‚ use a combination of the following formulae. Second two are given in formula book. [pic] [pic] [pic] e.g. Q:
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Auditing Issues - TR Week 10 Most people have the same feeling when they hear the word audit. It usually implements fear in a person‚ even though that person may have done nothing wrong. Fear is common when the auditors are being brought in because most people don ’t know what to expect. This is also true when audits are being done for businesses. I know from personal experience that the auditors are not always greeter with kindness. I currently working in an accounting firm and have had
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Activity Based Costing Cost attribution to cost units on the basis of benefits received from activities‚ i.e. ordering‚ setting up‚ assuring quality. Activity costs and the instances of cost driver occurrence are measured and used to decide on overhead absorption rates. Five stage process: 1. Identify the various activities within an organisation 2. Determine the key cost driver for each activity 3. Create cost pools to collect activity cost s having the same cost driver
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........................................ OTHER NAMES......................................................... STUDENT NUMBER................................................. MOCK FINAL EXAMINATION SEMESTER 2‚ 2009 PAPER A Unit: ACCG340 Auditing and Assurance Services Time Allowed: 2 hours plus 10 minutes reading time Total Number of Questions: FIVE (5) Instructions: Answer question 1 on the computer marking sheet provided. Answer questions 2 to 3 in the space provided in
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EASEMENTS – Exam Revision 1. What are they? Easements – are rights‚ private rights‚ agreements upon which two individuals base such rights. Enjoyed by one party related to one land of another party‚ but limited. Eg: Just crossing the path. Conceptually worth remembering‚ easements originate in early medieval times as customary ways. Easements are in a general sense‚ ways in which u can facilitate the use of land of another party. a. Characteristics from Re Ellenborough Park b. Don’t forget
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Energy audit An energy audit is an inspection‚ survey and analysis of energy flows in a building‚ process or system with the objective of understanding the energy dynamics of the system under study. Typically an energy audit is conducted to seek opportunities to reduce the amount of energy input into the system without negatively affecting the output(s). When the object of study is an occupied building then reducing energy consumption while maintaining or improving human comfort‚ health and safety
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1 Auditing issues in Enron case Independent Needed for the Houston office of Andersen‚ an audit partner that understands the role of being a "public watchdog" with "ultimate allegiance to the creditors and shareholders" . Arthur Anderson abandoned its roles as independent auditor by turning a blind eye to improper accounting‚ including the failure to consolidate‚ failure of Enron to make $51million in proposed adjustments in 1997‚ and failure to adequately disclose the nature of transactions with
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