27 2005 Dr. Namorato The Enron Scandal Enron was established in 1930 as Northern Natural Gas Company and joined with three other companies to undertake this industry. The four companies eventually began to break apart between 1941 and 1947 as a result of a public stock offering. In 1979‚ Northern Natural Gas was placed under new management when it was bought by InterNorth Inc. In 1985‚ Kenneth Lay‚ CEO of Houston Natural Gas Company devised a transaction for InterNorth to purchase Houston
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27 March 2013 The Fall of Enron: Mini-Case Analysis Summary: Enron was founded in 1985 as a natural gas pipeline company. In the 1990s‚ Enron emerged as one of the leading pioneers in the energy market by building its business around energy trading and international energy-asset construction. Their emergence in the energy-trading sector all started when Enron recognized that they could take advantage their position as the largest interstate pipeline firm. They were able to manage volatility for
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Project Charter Teller Transaction Date: Version: Authors: Balmeo‚ Joel P. Bayog‚ Rene C. Biliones‚ Jose G. Quirino‚ Jean Pierre G. Toledo‚ Larry Neil S. Document Control Change Record Date Author Version Change Reference Reviewers Sign Off Date Reviewer Position Sign Off Quirino‚ Jean Pierre G. Project Manager Bayog‚ Rene C. System Analyst Toledo‚ Larry Neil Business Analysis Biliones‚ Jose G. Lead Programmer
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Enron Research Paper In 2001‚ the world was shocked by the demise of Enron‚ a multibillion dollar corporation that had thousands of employees and people that had affiliations with the company including The White House itself. Because of the financial chaos and destroyed lives and reputations this catastrophe left in its path‚ questions arose concerning how exactly it happened‚ why it occurred‚ and who was behind it. It is essential to understand how this multibillion dollar corporation rose to power
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Economic Problems of the 1920’s Student’s Name: Institutional affiliation: Economic Problems of the 1920’s The 1920’s represented a time of major economic changes‚ improvements‚ adjustments‚ alterations and reforms in everything all over the world. The decade roared in some selected areas but was a big disappointment for others. The periodic time of the 1920’s earned it its name the “roaring twenties” because the decade sustained prosperity‚ there were lively cultures and technology
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The Downfall of Enron Valerie Glushkov Enron Company was once one of the biggest energy company in the U.S. Fortune magazine ranked Enron as #7 in April 2001 in Fortunes ranking by market capitalization of the five hundred largest corporations in the United States. On December 2‚ 2001‚ Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The unexpected and rapid collapse in the market value of this corporate giant has had immense consequences for nearly all of its stakeholders
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Parmalat It has been named as “Europe’s Enron” – the legend that took down Italy’s milk selling company Parmalat and its controlling executives‚ American banks‚ audit firms‚ even politicians and 130‚000 of its helpless small shareholders after the discovery in the year 2003 of the $14 Billion black hole in the company’s finances. The company’s fraud was uncovered when the company failed to pay the cash to the bondholders. Summary: This discovery led to eight years of court cases in Europe
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Reaction Paper on Enron Case September 9‚ 2013 Summary: Enron’s origins date back to 1985 when it began life as an interstate pipeline company through the merger of Houston Natural Gas and Omaha-based InterNorth. Kenneth Lay‚ the former chief executive officer of Houston Natural Gas‚ became CEO‚ and the next year won the post of chairman. From the pipeline sector‚ Enron began moving into new fields. In 1999‚ the company launched its broadband services unit and Enron Online‚ the company’s website
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Enron and WorldCom FIN/486 December 22‚ 2014 Enron and WorldCom In 1998‚ Waste Management executives acknowledged earnings misstatements of approximately $1.7 billion. With the help of the Arthur Anderson accounting firm‚ Waste Management shareholders lost more than $6 billion dollars (CNN‚ 2001). The Waste Management corruption ushered in a series of corporate scandals into the new millennium. Enron and WorldCom were only two of many ethical and accounting violations that prompted new legislation
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The society depends on ethics from people‚ companies and the government in order for a civilized world. What happens when an unethical behavior is done? What if it is done by a large corporation‚ large enough to hurt the economy? The Enron scandal is an example of a historical exposure of unethical behaviors within a company and it is also one of the largest corporate scandals in America. Enron started as a gas pipeline company. It soon expanded into the world’s largest and dominant corporation
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