SHORT PAPER – DUE PROFESSIONAL CARE AND DUE DILIGENCE ALEX KARAHALIOS The legal risks faced by the CPA profession are ever so present today in our capitalist society. When CPAs and CPA firms execute an engagement for an auditing client, they know well that risk they exposed themselves to significant liability should their report conclusion and recommendations cause monetary damages. This liability does not only extend to direct customers. There is also a risk posed by third parties that at
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Bear Stearns Case * * * Key Ratios Capital Ratio: This is a measure of a bank's financial strength based on the sum of its equity capital and disclosed reserves. A Tier 1 capital ratio of 6% or greater would classify the banks as well capitalized. At the beginning of March, Bear Stearns had virtually no assets valued at level 1 which leaves their capital ratio at virtually 0. Leverage Ratio: the Tier 1 leverage ratio is calculated by dividing Tier 1 capital ratio by the firm's
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Statement of firm’s position Butler Lumber Company is looking for more cash due to a fast-paced lumber market and a shortage of funding. Their regular bank, Suburban National Bank, is not willing to expand their exiting loan to an amount greater than $250,000 without securing the loan with real property. Another loan is being offered by a second bank, Northrup National Bank, for $465,000, with the understanding that the previous loan would be rolled into the second. The interest on the new loan
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Feasibility Brief 1: Rowner Community Trust Events Management Ltd. * Rowner Community Trust summary profile - (re-phrased from the internet) Rowner community trust is a new charity organization that operates under the umbrella of Rowner World Company. They aim to support the growth of the area Rowner in Hampshire by focusing on its economic, social and environmental angles and contribute to its community development. Rowner Community Trust is a new initiative. Therefore, as any other
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[pic] [pic] [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS |S.NO |PARTICULARS |PAGE NO | |1 |Introduction to customer perception and banking industry |3 | |2 |Literature review |4-6
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Deficits and Debts The United States dollar is backed by a debt system created by the banking cartel known as the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is printing money on a daily basis, and then congress spends beyond that. The only way to eliminate the debt from being passed on to our children and grandchildren is to go back on the gold standard. Under the gold standard, a free banking system stands as the protector of an economy's stability and balanced growth. In the absence of the gold
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Ethics and Capitalism “Respect, Integrity, Communication and Excellence.” Its “Vision and Values” mission statement declared…”We treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves…We do not tolerate abusive or disrespectful treatment. Ruthlessness, callousness, and arrogance don’t belong here.” This is the motto of Enron. Falling short of their words, we find the falling of this company through their illegal ethics that brings forward much of their self-interest needs and not those
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sdsdsdsdsaaaaaaaaaaaaaTen principles of finance are listed and explained in this ahort lecture. Principle 1. The risk-return trade-off Principle 2. The time value of money Principle 3. Cash—Not Profits—is King Principle 4. Incremental cash flows Principle 5. The curse of competitive markets Principle 6. Efficient Markets Principle 7. The Agency Problem Principle 8. Taxes bias business decisions Principle 9. All risk is not equal Principle 10. Ethical dilemmas persistTen principles of finance are listed and explained
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the Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions and the concept of debt tax shields. With the background of a pizza company, the case provides an engaging context to discuss the “pizza graphs” that are commonly used in corporate finance curriculum to illustrate the wealth effects of capital structure decisions. Objectives: * Introduce the Modigliani-Miller intuition of capital structure irrelevance; * Establish how the cost of equity is affected by capital structure
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What were the risks posed by Georgia and what mechanisms did AES use to mitigate these risks? The financial losses of the electricity sector of Georgia totaled between a quarter of a billion and $400 million. The government believed that a private investor could help mitigate the risks and losses for Georgia. One profound problem that needed attention was the delayed maintenance and repairs that the government lacked the capital to undertake. This, in effect, allowed for only 42% available capacity
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