The term Ponzi scheme was named after Charles Ponzi‚ a con man from the 1920s. Ponzi began his “business” by buying and selling international reply coupons. He was able to persuade some friends to invest in this endeavor‚ by telling them that he could double their investments. Essentially‚ Ponzi made no profit off of this scheme because the circulation of money from new investors is what sustained his “business”. Unfortunately for Ponzi‚ many investors and the media began to question the legitimacy
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-1- Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for the employees of Public Sector Undertakings. 1. SHORT TITLE: (i) (ii) (iii) 2. OBJECTIVE: (i) (ii) (iii) 3. This scheme may be called the Punjab State Public Sector Undertakings Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) 2002. This scheme shall apply to all the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including all Cooperative Institutions of the State of Punjab. This will apply to the Subsidiaries of the PSUs defined as entities in which PSUs
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You must do things you think you cannot do Honorary guest‚ lecturers‚ parents‚ fellow graduates‚ good afternoon. I am your valedictorian Oshane Thomas and I am charging you today to do the things you think you cannot do. The important actions aren’t easy. They are hard because of our fears. No one is without them. One of my fears is being here today talking to you. On preparation for graduation‚ I was notified that I had to deliver a speech and the thought of actually doing it terrified me
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Dempsey Hill that utilized a very interesting pricing practice: a Pay-What-You-Want pricing scheme. In other words‚ they had no price for their coffee‚ but the restaurant charged for their food. Being a typical Singaporean‚ I was very skeptical over this practice and various thoughts flooded through my mind: ‘this would never work!’ ‘Is the coffee poisonous?’ ‘Free ah? Really? What if no one pays!’ My brain simply could not fathom how such a mechanism would work‚ and I sincerely believed that I could not
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Substantive Procedures for Asset Irregularities Student Name ACC 556 September 17‚ 2012 Instructor Name Introduction The following will outline the procedures and steps necessary to detect irregularities that can occur in the accounts receivable‚ inventory and fixed assets of Apollo Shoes. The flowcharts will show how the use of internal controls is integral to the overall success of the organization. In the accounts receivable‚ the sales and billing processes are an area that would require
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Fast Fit Case Study * Mark the main flows of goods and money in the diagram (above) and employ a key or table of descriptive elements to explain your answer. Key Symbol | Explanation | | The supplier gives the FastFit Warehouse the goods that the company needs. The excess is then stored as inventory. | | The double-sided arrow explains the communication between the headquarter and the warehouse in that the warehouse has to let the headquarters know how many goods are in storage
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PENCEGAHAN DAN PENDETEKSIAN FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT (KECURANGAN DALAM LAPORAN KEUANGAN) OLEH FRAUD EXAMINERS (AUDITOR FRAUD) (STUDI LITERATUR) 1. Latar Belakang Fraud atau yang lebih familiar dengan istilah kecurangan‚ telah menjadi momok dalam dunia usaha modern yang terbukti telah merontokkan perusahaan – perusahaan kelas dunia. Coba kita bawa kembali ingatan kita‚ ketika masa akan memasuki millennium baru‚ tiba – tiba dunia seakan tersentak dengan terkuaknya
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What dog is would be a perfect fit for you? Alexander Pope once said" Histories are full of examples and fidelity of dogs than of friends". This quote rings true to all owners of dogs when they look back at all the times they’ve needed a friend‚ and their dog has been there to comfort them even when their human friends have not. But unlike the selection of our human friends which happens mainly by circumstance and chance‚ more effort and thought must be taken in the selection of a pet.
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YOU MUST RUN VERY FAST TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE To begin with I would like to say that the topic of the essay may be thought as a great metaphor for life. If we ask how much time and energy do we spend just to hold on things and go outside the status quo it will be an honest question. From the one side we can say that the majority of time we spend each day is spent running just to stay in the same place. To continue with I can say that the percentage of the day spent on our growth seems to be very
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Question : WHAT MUST MARKETERS UNDERSTAND ABOUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR “The only way to know how customers view your business is to look at it through their eyes”‚ By CEO of TGI Fridays! Consumer behaviour examines the: Selection Processes and Psychological Processes‚ individuals go through when making purchases/reviewing their behaviour. It examines: 1. The influences that affect consumers‚ during‚ after and before purchasing products. 2. The processes consumers go through when making
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