Libor Scandal What is Libor and why does it matter? Libor stands for London Interbank Offered Rate. “It is considered to be an average interest rate which is estimated by some leading banks in London that they would be charged if borrowing from other banks.” Libor rate is considered to be the primary benchmark for short term interest rates around the world. It is the average cost of borrowing and is estimated on a daily basis by a group of banks as mentioned above. Libor rate gained momentum around
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HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION PE II golf The Game Golf is a game played outdoors preferably on a rolling tree lined terrain. A golf course may be either 9 or 18 holes in length with the usual distance measuring from 100 to 500 yards per hole. The golfer begins at the tee‚ driving the ball along the fairway (attempting to avoid hazards such as woods‚ water‚ rough ground‚ and sand traps)‚ to the green‚ where the ball is putted into the cup. The purpose is to see how few of strokes it takes
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in the scandal‚ including the then senior Xerox management‚ the Board of Directors and external auditor KPMG LLP. The failure of those parties in discharging their duties induces the further thought of trust and accountability among them and shareholders. Furthermore‚ the external environment in 1990s‚ including economic bubble boom‚ irrational investors‚ fierce industrial competition and ineffective regulations on audit‚ provided a hotbed for the scandal. Lessons learnt from Xerox scandal indicate
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Pérez BOSTON RED SOX INTRODUCTION Boston Red Sox is a professional baseball team of United States Major League based in Boston‚ Massachusets. It belongs to the East American Division League. The New York Yankees are their traditional rivals. 1.- TEAM HISTORY The Boston Red Sox were created in 1893 as a minor league franchise in the city of Toledo‚ Ohio in the Western League. Then moved to Boston when that league became the American League in 1900. The name of Red Sox was chosen by owner
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The Enron scandal A brief on Enron’s history Enron was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. In the early 1990s‚ he helped to initiate the selling of electricity at market prices‚ The resulting markets made it possible for traders such as Enron to sell energy at higher prices‚ thereby significantly increasing its revenue. As Enron became the largest seller of natural gas in North America by 1992‚ Enron pursued a diversification strategy
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and discouraging risk-taking and corporate growth.” (Mishra‚ 2011) SOX Act has made it more cost effective and low risk for businesses by outsourcing and layoffs. Companies used to spend three to four days at meetings to decide how to save and their companies strategic plans. After 2002 they now go over the requirements of the SOX compliance requirements. “Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted as a regulatory response to corporate scandals a decade ago for three key reasons: inadequate oversight of accountants
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Impact of SOX on industry. Chang‚ H.‚ Choy‚ H.‚ & Wan‚ K. (2012). Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley act on CEOs ’ stock ownership and pay-performance sensitivity. Review Of Quantitative Finance & Accounting‚ 38(2)‚ 177-207. doi:10.1007/s11156-011-0226-3 This article is based on authors research on the Effects of the SOX Act on CEO’s stock ownership and pay- performance sensitivity. The authors are trying to find out if the effects on the SOX Act on the stockownership and on CEO’s wealth. The authors summarize
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việc quản trị và công khai các báo cáo tài chính của các công ty cổ phần. Đạo luật Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) yêu cầu các công ty cổ phần phải chú ý xác đáng đến việc công khai thông tin tài chính‚ duy trì các quy trình quản lý trao đổi thông tin nội bộ‚ sao lưu và bảo vệ các dữ liệu này. Trong khi chưa được đề cập rõ ràng trong luật pháp thì bảo mật công nghệ thông tin là một yêu cầu quan trọng của SOX. SOX yêu cầu các công ty đánh giá bất kỳ rủi ro nào liên quan đến công nghệ thông tin hay quy trình nội
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time for the executives and others involved. The company can also lose their exchange listing‚ lose of D&O insurance or face large 7+ figure fines. The act was a direct response to corporate scandals‚ such as WorldCom‚ Enron and Tyco who covered up or misrepresented questionable transactions. The scandals resulted in large losses including the closure of Enron and Arthur Anderson. This act applies to all US public companies as well as international companies that have “registered equity or debt
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The commissioner position in major league professional sports arose in the 1920’s in Major League Baseball. The position was created to help prevent scandals following the 1919 World Series‚ in which the Chicago “Black-Sox” purposefully threw games for money. Ever since the creation of the position‚ the power to act in the “best interests” of the sport‚ regarding conduct detrimental to the league‚ has been entrusted to the commissioner. Currently all four major professional sports leagues in the
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