TO: VEFA TARHAN‚ SPECIAL TOPICS IN FINANCE FROM: MAHMUT MACIT‚ AHMET ARDA ATIK‚ CAN KORKMAZ DATE: NOVEMBER 4‚ 2014 CASE: PIONEER PETROLEUM CORPORATION Overview of the Company Pioneer Petroleum Corporation established in 1924 and operating in oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemical fields. Company uses weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) as a discount rate to discount future cash flows that generate from possible projects. According to net present values of these possible
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INTRODUCTION This assignment in which Snap Inc. has been chosen as a case study will shed some light briefly on the history of Snap Inc‚ the nature of business its involved in‚ the market base the firm targets‚ the original mission and vision of Snap Inc as the founders stated at the start of the business and the future objectives of the organization for the next five years. Consequently‚ the above information about the firm will then be used to evaluate and make comments on whether the original
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Running head: CASE ANALYSIS OF THE ACCOUNTING FRAUD AT WORLDCOM Case Analysis of the Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Angela Crossley Troy University October 27‚ 2008 History The origin of WorldCom can be traced back to 1983. The CEO‚ Bernard J. Ebbers‚ of WorldCom had very interesting beginnings. He invested in Long Distance Discount Services (LLDS) with eight other investors‚ and believed that the telecommunications industry was a very good business venture. In the beginning
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CIPD Managing & Leading People Employee Engagement Contents Page Introduction 2 Principles of Employee Engagement 3 Employer & Employee benefits of employee engagement which might accrue to the employees and to the employer 5 Opposing arguments which might be put forward against the implementation of employee engagement 7 Specific employee engagement practices and techniques which‚ in my opinion‚ would be most beneficial to achieving
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RM530 million Transmile accounting fraud – how Liong Sik is to assume responsibility as Chairman? Former MCA President and Cabinet Minister‚ Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik was quite active in the past month‚ as a search with The Star archives would produce eight news items featuring him‚ including one today at the ceremony at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) campus in Kampar yesterday planting a Blue Pine tree. But he has been very reticent on what has been described as the biggest accounting and
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relationship between employee engagement and financial performance is undeniable." -Towers Perrin Talking about the engagement and commitment of an employee to an organisation‚ most companies are of the opinion that they do have a few‚ but they still want more. Why? It is merely because these companies have come to the realization of the fact that their organization’s long-term success relies on employee performance‚ which is directly impacted by the level of employee engagement and commitment to an organisation
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Corporate Fraud I. Introductions a. Fraud in the accounting environment is on the increase. b. Fraud takes place in different forms in the accounting environment. II. The growing risk of fraud and corruption a. Local problems‚ global pain b. Awareness is crucial c. Tailoring efforts to avert damage III. Preventing Fraud a. Background checks and enhanced due diligence b. Monitoring and evaluating preventive controls c. Continuous controls monitoring IV. Can we eliminate fraud and corruption
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Elan Insurance Fraud The early warning signs of fraud are‚ usually‚ always ignored. There are warning signs for every type of fraud out there. To understand the warning signs of fraud‚ we must first know what fraud is. Fraud is the intent to trick someone or lie to someone in order to receive financial gain. This definition varies depending of the type of fraud used‚ but the person committing the fraud is always looking for financial gain. There are many types of fraud out there. You have
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1. Alice throws the ball to the +X direction with an initial velocity 10m/s. Time elapsed during the motion is 5s‚ calculate the height that object is thrown and Vy component of the velocity after it hits the ground. 2. John kicks the ball and ball does projectile motion with an angle of 53º to horizontal. Its initial velocity is 10 m/s‚ find the maximum height it can reach‚ horizontal displacement and total time required for this motion. (sin53º=0‚ 8 and cos53º=0‚ 6) 3. The boy drops
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commit fraud because of financial pressures‚ vices‚ or because of work-related pressures. As well‚ perpetrators of fraud can be motivated by a perceived opportunity to commit fraud and the ability to rationalize that what they are doing is not wrong. Their motivations are usually combined into the fraud triangle of perceived pressure‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. 3. The fraud triangle includes three elements that almost always must be present in order for someone to commit fraud: a
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