what we’ll do is we’ll navigate down to the bottom of the menu‚ and we’ll click on 14 NBOND for bond news. Clicking that‚ it’ll load a very familiar page for you. This is the news categories. And you’ll notice on the top left in the toolbar it says bonds. So now we have our top bond news. This isn’t just our top bond news‚ but also we can choose popular news‚ and we can also see all news for bonds. You can customize the type of fixed income news by either clicking on customize and choosing
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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Allie measured her foot and it was 21cm long‚ and then she measured her Mother’s foot‚ and it was 24cm long. "I must have big feet‚ my foot is nearly as long as my Mom’s!" But then she thought to measure heights‚ and found she is 133cm tall‚ and her Mom is 152cm tall. In a table this is: Allie Mom Length of Foot: 21cm 24cm Height: 133cm 152cm The "foot-to-height" ratio in fraction style is: Allie: 21 133 Mom: 24 152 So the ratio for Allie is 21 : 133 By dividing both values by 7 we get 21/7
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Question 1 At the time Cynthia Cooper discovered the accounting fraud‚ WorldCom did not have a whistle-blower hotline process in place. Instead‚ Cynthia took on significant risks when she stepped over Scott Sullivan’s head and notified the audit committee chairman of her findings. Discuss the key criteria for the operation of an effective corporate whistle-blower hotline. Be sure to highlight potential pitfalls that should be avoided and reference professional codes‚ legislation and academic
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Catastrophe Bonds By Kirill Graminschi The trouble with Catastrophe Bonds The article presents the difficulties insurance companies face when they are issuing catastrophe bonds. Do they efficiently hedge against large-scale disasters? It is very difficult hedging against catastrophic losses. Japan’s March earthquake‚ tsunami and nuclear disaster threat could cost the insurance industry between $21 and $34 billion. The catastrophe bonds are not helping much the insurance companies‚ although
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Re-take exam IB55 29 Jan-05-Feb 2013 OPTION 2 This is the mandatory Cover Page to be attached to your exam paper if you choose to work with OPTION2 Dynamic Corporate Social Responsibility: Apple‚ Inc. Marcello Montrone INTRODUCTION The social psychologist Kurt Lewin (1890-1947)‚ once wrote: “There is nothing as practical as a good theory”. According to this saying we tend to consider theory very important and that it can be helpful to guide us on the correct way. This
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CHAPTER 7 Bonds Valuation CHAPTER ORIENTATION This chapter introduces the concepts that underlie asset valuation. We are specifically concerned with bonds. We also look at the concept of the bondholder’s expected rate of return on an investment. CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Types of bonds A. Debentures: unsecured long-term debt. B. Subordinated debentures: bonds that have a lower claim on assets in the event of liquidation than do other senior debtholders. C. Mortgage bonds: bonds secured
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was headquartered in Washington‚ D.C.[1] Founded in 1963‚ it grew to be the second-largest long-distance provider in the U.S. It was purchased by WorldCom in 1998 and became MCI WorldCom‚ with the name afterwards being shortened to WorldCom in 2000. WorldCom’s financial scandals and bankruptcy led that company to change its name in 2003 to MCI Inc.. The MCI name disappeared in January 2006 after the company was bought by Verizon. As of May 2011‚ the MCI trademark is still maintained on MCI.com
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The characteristic of a convertible bond The convertible bond is one kind of equity-linked bonds. The term of the bond entitles bondholder to convert bonds into shares of the company or another company in the same group‚ at an agreed-upon conversion price‚ among a fixed period. The reason why it is made in this form is that the issuer can benefit from four aspects as follow‚ (1) better terms. A convertible bond have a lower interest rate‚ less restrictive covenants or the subordination of bondholders’
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mortgage-backed securities. For investors‚ asset-backed securities are an alternative to investing in corporate debt. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asset-backedsecurity.asp#ixzz2Khw1KXkL A financial security backed by a loan‚ lease or receivables against assets other than real estate and mortgage-backed securities. For investors‚ asset-backed securities are an alternative to investing in corporate debt. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asset-backedsecurity.asp#ixzz2Khw1KXkL
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