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    Boiler Room

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    Boiler Room Boiler room is a story about a college dropout name of Seth. He likes the feeling of earning fast money‚ therefore he decided to quit school and start an underground casino in his apartment with a few of his friends. However‚ his father‚ who is a federal judge‚ finds out about the casino. His father then commends him to close down the casino and search for a real job. Seth wants to regain respect and approval from his father‚ and fortunately he got introduce to a stockbroker company

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    Running head: CASE STUDIES: ENRON’S FALL AND TYCO INTERNATIONAL’S LEADERSHIP CRISIS Case Studies: Enron’s Fall and Tyco International’s Leadership Crisis Grand Canyon University BUS 604 November 4‚ 2009 Case Study: Enron’s Fall and Tyco International’s Leadership Crisis The tight Federal regulations now governing businesses and their accounting practices came about because one corporation‚ Enron‚ took risks their company could not withstand without taking some rather extreme measures in

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    CASE 3 Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse Once upon a time‚ there was a gleaming headquarters office tower in Houston‚ with a giant Tilted ―E‖ in front‚ slowly revolving in the Texas sun. Enron‘s suggested to Chinese feng shui practitioner Meihwa Lin a model of instability‚ which was perhaps an omen of things to come. The Enron Corporation‚ which once ranked among the top Fortune 500 companies‚ collapsed in 2001 under a mountain of debt that had been concealed through a complex scheme

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    Business 100 02/17/13 Enron: One of the Largest Scandals of the Twentieth Century Would you defraud millions of people and steal billions of dollars from them? The very idea likely makes your skin crawl. And yet‚ that is exactly what Enron‚ a massive power company did for many years. We shall see how their insatiable greed and lust for power was the cause of their downfall and ultimate ruin. Enron prided themselves on being ’’the smartest guys in the room.’’ The company was determined

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    The Rise Of Blockbuster

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    of Blockbuster Video came along. Once Blockbuster showed up in a town these stores had no chance of survival and ended up closing their doors shortly after‚ there was truly no one that could stop Blockbuster from beating the pulp out of the little guys. At its peak Blockbuster was operating nearly 10‚000 profitable stores around the nation and had a market value of $5 billion dollars that was until 2011 when they would file for bankruptcy (Downes‚ Nunes‚ 2013). Blockbuster may have not fallen overnight

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    Get Capone: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Wanted Gangster Al Capone. Everyone is bound to hear the name at least once in his or her life. The charming‚ broad smile‚ the greenish gray eyes‚ heavy set‚ and five foot ten and a half; a seemingly normal man. Until someone notices the scars. A faded purple‚ still fresh looking‚ Al Capone’s scars marred the normal face‚ they gave a glance into the life of the notorious gangster. But who was Mr. Alphonse “Scarface” Capone? One reporter comments‚

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    ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 5‚ No. 10; October 2010 The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron Yuhao Li Huntsman School of Business‚ Utah State University‚ Logan city‚ U.S.A E-mail: wyl_2001_ren@126.com‚ carolee1989@gmail.com Abstract The Enron scandal‚ revealed in October 2001‚ eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation‚ an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas‚ and the dissolution of Arthur Andersen‚ which was one of the five largest

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    Introduction In one the New York Times Bestseller book‚ The Smartest Kids in the World‚ after a comprehensive analysis of the world’s top education system‚ Amanda Ripley clearly describes the differences between the Finland’s “Utopia” model‚ a system built on trust in kids‚ highly trained and autonomous teacher‚ and effective school management‚ and South Korea’s “pressure Cooker” model‚ a system that demands hard works from the kids in an ultra-competitive environment which usually worned out the

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    Guy Fawkes Presentation

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    Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes was born in 1570‚ in the English town of York‚ where he also was educated. His father died when Fawkes was eight years old‚ which lead to his mother’s second marriage – with a recusant Catholic. Therefor Guy Fawkes later converted to Catholicism and left to fight for the continent‚ in the ‘Eighty Years’ War - he fought for the Catholic Spain against Protestant Dutch reformers. I am going to talk about Guy Fawkes involvement in the famous Gunpowder Plot. Fawkes was introduced

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    have the chance to try the famous Gifford Arms mulled wine and meet the friendly locals. In my opinion‚ the best hotel is the one in Gifford Arms. This 4 stars hotel will allow you to forget about all your stressful week in a few seconds. The large rooms with their balcony will offer you the best panorama you ever saw. Their incredible breakfast will stay in your memory for a long time. Try the fresh fruits from the garden‚ you will be surprised by their sweet taste! You will be truly amazed by

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