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    Briefing COOK v. COOK Citation: The name of the case is Cook v. Cook. Rose Elsten is the plaintiff. Donald Cook is the defendant. The Arizona Supreme Court decided this case in 1984. The citation states that this case can be found in Volume 691 of the Pacific Reporter‚ Second Series starting on page 664. Facts: As Cook was finalizing his divorce‚ he and Elsten moved in together in 1969 to Arizona. They lived together for the next twelve years until 1981.They never married but Elsten used Cooks’ last

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    WorldCom Case Study

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    The WorldCom scandal was actually brought to light by the internal auditor‚ Cynthia Cooper. Cooper and her team‚ Gene Morse and Glyn Smith uncovered the fact that line costs were being transferred to capital accounts. Cooper was originally tipped off to the fact that something was amiss when the head of WorldCom’s wireless business paid her a visit‚ upset that he was loosing $400 million that had been set aside to make up for shortfalls if customers didn’t pay their bills. Scott Sullivan‚ CFO of

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    Thomas Cook

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    INTERNSHIP REPORT AT THOMAS COOK BANGALORE Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Submitted By     aswin c u                                 Senior Manager DECLARATION I‚ Sruthy.S hereby declare that the Internship report entitled‚ ‘INTERNSHIP REPORT AT THOMAS COOK BANGALORE’ submitted by me for the award of Master of Business Administration

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    or Why not? * No‚ I don’t think they knew what was going on with Enron’s business because I believe he kept what he was doing to himself so no one would find out how he was operating the business. 5. Ken Lay was the chair of the board and the CEO for much of the time. How did this probably contribute to the lack of proper governance? * The fact that there was a lack of proper governance means that the head person had to know what was going on with how things were being handled

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    Enron and Worldcom Scandals

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    energy-trading company over its sixteen years of lifespan. In 2001‚ Enron was one of the world’s largest energy groups‚ operating mainly in the USA. Though Kenneth played a smaller role in management‚ following the takeover‚ he soon became chief executive officer (CEO) and moved the headquarters from Omaha to Houston. During 2001‚ it had become apparent that a number of special purpose entities were not consolidated in the balance sheet and the company admitted that there had been a number of financial

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    Worldcom Bond Issuance

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    WORLDCOM‚ INC: CORPORATE BOND ISSUANCE 1. IS IT A GOOD TIME FOR WORLDCOM‚ INC. TO ISSUE? CONSIDER FACTORS IN FAVOR AND FACTORS THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR. Personally I believe that the time is not in favor of WorldCom in undertaking one of the largest bond issues at the time. Even though there are many advantages with proceeding with the issue‚ I believe that the degree and the uncertainty raised by some of the disadvantages outweigh the advantages of going ahead with the $6Billion

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    Worldcom was the second largest long distance phone company in the United States. The former CEO Bernard Ebbers was sentenced to twenty five years in prison due to increasing revenue the wrong way to increase earnings. This company had the largest bankruptcy filing in the United States. Today‚ the Worldcom accounting scandal is known as one of the worst corporate white collar crimes in history. What were some psychological factors that led to this crime? Financial Pressures from competitors

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    Case Study On WorldCom

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    Case study on WorldCom THE WORLDCOM FRAUD:- Presented By: Pratik WorldCom’s Background • Awoke the sleeping giant by leading the telecom industry into profitability in the 90’s. • During the 1990’s‚ WorldCom was deeply involved in acquisitions and completed several “mega-deals” • Purchased over 60 firms in 2nd half of the 90’s • WorldCom moved into Internet and data traffic • Handled 50% of US Internet traffic • Handled 50% of e-mails worldwide WorldCom’s Background (cont.) • Purchased MCI for

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    How to Cook

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    want to make a side for your dish? Make rice! Rice is a excellent way to spice up your dish. It is yummy and easy! Follow the directions below to learn how to cook rice. You will need a knife‚ cutting board‚ oil‚ garlic‚ onion‚ salt‚ measuring cup‚ pot (Any size‚ just depends on how much you are making)‚ water‚ a spoon (Doesn’t matter what kind)‚ and rice. First make sure that you have all the necessary materials needed. Get all your ingredients out and set them on the counter next to your pot.

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    Accounting Fraud at Worldcom

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    KAPLAN DAVID KIRON Accounting Fraud at WorldCom WorldCom could not have failed as a result of the actions of a limited number of individuals. Rather‚ there was a broad breakdown of the system of internal controls‚ corporate governance and individual responsibility‚ all of which worked together to create a culture in which few persons took responsibility until it was too late. — Richard Thornburgh‚ former U.S. attorney general1 On July 21‚ 2002‚ WorldCom Group‚ a telecommunications company with

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