Part 1 – Fact Situation: Identification of Issues 1. a. Did QPI violate Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by engaging in transactions with DOA to boost their financial reports? Was Nouv’s behavior unethical when he tried to bribe Betty into completing the draft and deal in a way that made the transactions look legitimate? b. Is the cooperation between QPI and DOA on pricing (price fixing) and segmenting product sales to customers (market division/Refusal to deal) a horizontal
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What can we learn from insider trade? Evidence from Thailand Nareemet Kittikhuntanasan Student ID: 5882942826 Project Advisor Kanis Saengchote, Ph.D. Committee Tanakorn Likitapiwat, Ph.D. Special Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for The Degree of Master Of Science in Finance Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy Chulalongkorn University Academic Year 2015 1. Introduction In general, the insiders are classified as the persons who have more information
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exchange, pull the inspirational appeal, pull the personal appeal, pull ingratiation, and pull conclusion. The first influence tactic type was pushed the pressure Bud. For example, Bud had a lot of responsibility. Gekko pressured him to find out insider information that he needed to make specific decisions. Without those information, Gekko was not happy because he didn’t generate money from it. The second influence tactic types were upward appeal. Bud’s didn’t report anything to his boss. Also
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information Albert and Mary had an inside track in the market. * Barry putting Albert or Mary’s trade before the client order, this is called spinning and is considered unethical. And you have Barry demanding insider information on several companies. * Mary used insider information from her father who worked for a major health care company to initiate a hostile takeover for benefits towards her portfolio and her selected friends and colleges. * Buy stock for boss and boss’s friends
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Insider Trading at the Galleon Group The Galleon Group was one of the largest hedge fund management firms in the world, managing over $7 billion, before closing in October 2009. From greed to more greedy, and finally to destruction, this time the protagonist is Rajaratnam, he was accused of 14 securities fraud. Rajaratnam had a glorious history. He is 52 years old Sri Lanka-American, graduated from the Wharton School, he began his career in the field focusing on technology investment bank Needham
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Morality 3. Common law 4. Contract 1. The buying or selling of stocks by business insiders on the basis of information that has not yet been made public is 1. Insider trading 2. Business broking 3. Hedging bets 4. Whistle blowing 1. The SEC is the 1. Securities and Exchange Commission 2. Securities and Exchange Counsel 3. Social Excellence Committee 4. Social Expense Commission 1. Which theory of insider trading did the U.S. Supreme Court endorse in 1997? 1. The misappropriation theory
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Memorandum To: Reader From: Date: July 11, 2014 Re: Violation of SEC Rule 10-b-5 of the Federal statue Summary Aquaman is president of a marine research company called "Underwater Leagues, Inc." On April 1, the research director of Underwater Leagues tells Aquaman that they've come up with "Oxygum," a means of breathing underwater by chewing a special kind of gum. Aquaman knows a great product when he hears it. He delays announcing the invention to the public so that he can buy all
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------- x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : : -v: : RAJAT K. GUPTA, : : Defendant. : ------------------------------------- x JED S. RAKOFF, U.S.D.J. 11 Cr. 907 (JSR) SENTENCING MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The Court is called upon to impose sentence on Rajat K. Gupta, who on June 15, 2012, was found guilty by a jury of one count of conspiracy and three counts of substantive securities fraud, in connection with providing
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Collar Crime – Homework #1 The elements of white collar crime that gave rise to the enactments of the statutes were bank fraud, making false statements to banks and auditors, securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and insider trading. Enron’s accounting practices Enron had created offshore entities, units which may be used for planning and avoidance of taxes, raising the profitability of a business. This provided ownership and management with full freedom of currency movement
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Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is an author, editor, and a homemaking advocate. Over the last two decades Stewart has held a prominent position in the American publishing industry. She was the author of several books, hundreds of articles on the domestic arts, editor of a national homekeeping magazine, host for two popular daytime television programs, and commercial spokeswoman for K-Mart (Wikipedia). At the height of her career, Stewart’s success came to an abrupt hault as she encountered many hardships
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