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    S.W.O.T Analysis of Enron

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    Analysis of Enron MBA 503 University of Phoenix 05/10/06 Describe the Situation "Enron is now officially out of the energy business. They are now in a new business: confetti." —Jay Leno http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blenronscandal.htm It is a shame that one of the most powerful companies has now gone out of business‚ had reputations destroyed and used millions of tax payers dollars on court costs; all due not having good business ethics. This paper will show

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    Assignment: The Enron and World Com Scandals ACC/260 September 17‚ 2010 Pp 106-107 1. Which segment of its operations got Enron into difficulties? The segment of operations that started the difficulties with Enron went back to the guarantee of loans in order to bridge financing with investments of an outside investor that was never found. Documents were later forced to be restated with activities of other companies that had to be consolidated into Enron’s accounts. 3. Did Enron’s directors

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    Abstract Enron became one of the largest natural gas and energy trading companies in the world. During the 90 ’s Enron was considered as an innovative company within the global business market. Enron was known for its unique innovative technologies and distinctive approach to trading in the world of e-commerce. On December 2‚ 2001‚ Enron announced the biggest bankruptcy in history and when many people hear the word‚ Enron they associate it with the one of the most important accounting scandals in

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    Enron Bcci Case

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    Waterhouse had been doing its job‚ there’s no way that this $1 billion exposure [in BCCI’s Central Treasury] which was taken to $11 billion exposure in the course of 3 or 4 months [in 1985] could have happened. 3. All of BCCI’s serious treasury problems were related to the activities at Grand Cayman‚ which had taken place in a blatant and repetitive form over many years. BCCI was paying its auditors $5 million per year to conduct audits which each year took nearly five months. if properly done

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    In the spring of 2001‚ I had my first and only panic attack. I don’t remember a lot of details other than uncontrollable crying (the really ugly kind) and gasping for every breath as if it were my last. I was 24 at the time – barely out of college – and I’d already survived a lot of early 20’s angst‚ so what triggered the attack was pretty tame by comparison: I thought my boyfriend was on a short list for a promotion‚ resulting in an imminent move to Charlotte‚ North Carolina.That’s it.Not usually

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    Enron was once one of the world’s leading electricity‚ natural gas‚ pulp‚ paper and communications companies. However‚ in December 2‚ 2001‚ Enron suddenly filed for bankruptcy. During the ten years before Enron¡¦s went bankrupt‚ Enron¡¦s management had started transferring Enron¡¦s funding to personal accounts and made fake balance sheets‚ which provided investors information about how this company goes. (Gibney‚ 2005) These illegal actions‚ performed by certain individuals‚ finally led Enron to

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    This case study is extracted mainly from two major novels titled “What went wrong at Enron” by Fusaro P.C. and Miller R.M. and “The unshredded truth from an Enron insider” by Brian Cruver. The Vision Called Enron The history of Enron goes back to the 1920’s‚ when a pair of Houston pipeline companies was incorporated to carry gas along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In 1956 these companies merged under the name of Houston natural Gas (HNG). While these companies were working along the coast

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    Arthur Anderson

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    and 4 1. Arthur Anderson’s audit partners’ sole concern was how much revenue could be generated‚ so the employees of Arthur Anderson paid little mind to the quality of the audits they did as long as they were making money. They turned their heads when generally accepted accounting principles were not being followed and hid the fact that Enron’s policies and internal controls were not good enough to protect its shareholders. 3. The prime motivation behind the decisions of Arthur Andersen’s

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    The Ultimate Sin

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    The Ultimate Sin Ezekiel 16:49 Intro: There are many horrible and wicked things done every moment‚ every day. If you were to write down what the most offensive‚ egregious‚ wicked sin is‚ what would it be? Perhaps unbelief‚ fornication‚ anger‚ bitterness‚ adultery‚ hypocrisy‚ murder or any other sin could be compiled in this list as wicked and horrible. We might classify these as an abomination unto God. In our society‚ much is made of the sinful lifestyle called homosexuality. This lifestyle is

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    Ultimate Gift

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    The Ultimate Gift Jason never really liked his grandfather. He was never there for him. Soon‚ the grandfather died. He had lots of money‚ but he gave none to his family. He only made a video for Jason so that he could give Jason the ultimate gift. First‚ Jason learned the gift of work. He learned to put all he could to what he had to do. We sometimes don’t always put our best foot forward and we need to remember to appreciate the gift of work. Next‚ Jason learned the gift of friends. He went out

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