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Analysis of the Collapse of Enron

Introduction
Every business venture can be characterized by a series of ups and downs. A startup business, for example, may initially face a lot of problems, big problems at that, perhaps to make both ends meet. After the initial stages, the business may enter a period of stability. And that is where the cycle of ups and downs often begins. Enron, a business that started in the 1980s as a securer of oil and natural gas pipelines in the United States, is not an exemption. Its business life cycle may well be characterized by a series of ups and downs too. Enron’s earliest ...

The collapse of the Roman Empire has been studied by hundreds if not thousands of scholars over time. Reasons why the fall took place are plentiful; however, the actions of one figure have been studied closely: that of Julius Caesar. Examining the letters and documents of Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Sallust will help to answer the question as to why the fall of the Roman Empire occurred and how much Caesar is to blame. However, it will be shown that although Caesar may have quickened the stage for collapse through an upset in the constitutional political system of ...

A complex society and a classical society and their effect to the world

The world societies have been transforming since the beginning of history. The earliest forms of societies were of a rather complex nature. These eventually gave way to more classical societies that later paved way for the current modern societies. Several factors which included in most cases political and economic contributed to the transition inherent in these societies. The complete change of government structures from the complex to the classical societies could not go unnoticed. This change had a rather significant transformation to the human society as a whole.
This paper will analyze two ancient societies, Mesopotamia a complex society and the Roman ...

Introduction

Failure to regulate the derivatives market during President Bill Clinton’s and President Bush eras contributed to the economic crisis that hit the U.S in the year 2008. “The Warning” is a documentary that was aired on PBS Frontline in 2009.In the documentary, a former Chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mr. Brooksley Born talks of her attempts to control the derivatives market while she was at the helm of the CFTC. She says that these attempts failed and legislation was passed to prevent her and the CFTC from regulating the derivatives markets. The passing of this ...

The variability of stars existing within our universe represents diversity and uniqueness. Humanity may not observe the whole life of a single star, however, techniques have been proposed to study the stars. We have different ways how to measure a star's temperature, age, and mass even, even though it seems impossible.
The said variability of stars is key to the measurement of a star's characteristics. The existence of variable stars suggests that stars change on a time interval, unfortunately, too long humanity cannot observe. Nevertheless, humanity have developed a way of understanding the stars through their variability. Needless to say, variability provides unique ...

The US Subprime mortgage crisis was a banking and financial emergency situation that led to a recession not only in the US but spread to many parts of the world. The disastrous effects of a crisis in the domestic subprime market on the rest of the world beg questions about the interconnectability and interdependence of the international economy as well as the financial institutions. The international financial crisis also revealed how vulnerable the global financial system was. Not only did the subprime crisis have a direct effect on global markets and countries that held a huge number of US mortgage backed securities and were ...

For a long time, black people together with their culture were grossly marginalized,l and their literature attracted little attention from the mainstream film and literature industry. This led to the emergence of black literature that championed for the social justice and equality in the country. It was a cry of recognition and the need of equality. The African American film criticism and commentaries were marginalized in both popular and scholarly histories and critical reevaluation as noted by the author of ‘Returning the Gaze’.
The exclusion of black critics in the mainstream led to an explosion of black American press ...

- Mercantilism
What was the ultimate goal of the mercantilist philosophy and why this goal was considered radical at the time. What type of exports/imports did they encourage/discourage and what was the impact on the domestic working population?
The mercantilist philosophy was a policy that was enacted by the European colonists with the aim of increasing wealth in their country. Thus, the main way to increase their wealth was to entice its colonists to pay the supplied goods from the European nation using gold. This is because gold was considered more valuable than the colonists’ money. As a means ...

Overview of the Company

In 1844, Henry Lehman, a German immigrant resettled in the United States of America. The 23-year old immigrant decided to make Montgomery, Alabama his home where he ended up opening a general store that was then referred to as “H. Lehman.” Three years later, in 1847, Henry was joined by his younger brother, Emanuel Lehman, and henceforth the store changed its name to “H. Lehman and Bro.” The youngest of the Lehman Brothers, Mayer Lehman, joined his two elder siblings in 1850 and together the three Brothers founded what was until 2008 referred to as the Lehman Brothers (LEH). From its ...

Introduction

Capital One Financial Corporation is a financial company which specializes in the offering of banking services, specifically credit cards, home loans, banking and savings products and auto loans. It is a member of the Fortune 500. The company was founded in 1988 and has since grown in stature by conducting several acquisitions over time. Some of its notable acquisitions are the acquisition of Chevy Chase Bank in 2008 and Hibernia National Bank in 2005. The company has two main divisions; auto finance and international operations. The company trades in the NYSE as COF (Capital One Financial Corporation website).
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Arguably, 2000-2009 was the most difficult moment in the world economy. The financial crisis that took place in United States and the world became the worst financial munch to ever occur in the world. The financial crisis took place in the late 2008 at a remarkably speed, whereby most economic factors were fully disturbed. Mortgage-related securities, which had fully spread in United States as well as global financial systems collapsed. As a matter of fact, this crisis undermined several largest and renowned financial institutions in United states and the world. Additionally, the crisis damaged stronger economies and financial systems in the ...

Introduction

Market economies constantly change depending on the demand and supply of goods. The demand and supply of a particular service or good is dependent on the unique characteristics of the product that determines the quantity that individuals in the particular market are willing to consume. Other important determinants include the price of the product, the consumer’s preferences; the price of other related products as well as the demographic and income characteristics of the population (Rittenberg & Tregarthen, 2012). The concepts of supply and demand studied in the course are crucial concepts in economics as they are the backbone of ...

U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA
U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of ...

Introduction

The year 2007-08 brought nightmares for the US economy and its participants because least anyone had expected that the world’s biggest economy will cripple and face the worst ever recession after the Great Depression of 1929-1930. While Wall Street lost more than trillion dollars in value, thousands of Americans were left unemployed and the businesses, even the one who had more than 100 years of their presence in the United States, were filing for bankruptcy. On the other hand, Federal Reserve Bank, which once cited economic bubble as the natural event that cannot be prevented( courtesy the ideology ...

Introduction and Brief History of Ibrahim

Childhood trauma is a stressful condition experienced by children and adolescents for being exposed to intensively abusive or very painful events that they cannot cope with on their own. The events threaten the child’s physical and emotional health or that of a loved one (Arnold, & Fisch, 2011). Ibrahim, a ten-year-old boy, lives in a subsidized house in Minneapolis with his mother and siblings. The family emigrated from Somalia when Ibrahim was only four years old, and his father regained his Somalia citizenship and went back to Somalia. In a special summer, Ibrahim and his elder siblings attended a ...

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of conflict in the international system (Gilpin 1918).” The power shift from dominance by the ...

Accounting fraud is crucial to any company. It can cause a company’s downfall or closure. For the past five years, there have been several companies that were involved in accounting scandal and one of them is Groupon Inc. The said company connects the merchant and the customer to provide goods and services at a discount (Securities and Exchange Commission, 2011). This paper will discuss Groupon’s accounting fraud in 2011 and 2012 and the legal and financial liabilities concerning the Fraud.
A Venturebeat news article dated November 3, 2012 noted various accounting fraud applied in Groupon’s financial statement. ...

Organization and Development for Progressive Social Change

Organization and Development for Progressive Social Change

Introduction

Organizing a large chunk population based on a concrete social, religious, or economic issue can bring breakthrough changes. During the course of time, people in different parts of the world has recognized that if they want to bring a major changes in the social fabric of the society, the collective power of the societal members is of sheer significance. The recent Arab Spring is the major example in this case. The segment of the world, which was ruled by a selected set of rulers for many decades was suddenly challenge by the society and it brought ...

Thesis

The global financial crisis was a period during which downturns were experienced in the stock markets, economic activities as well as losses in the housing market all over the world. During this period, banks had to be bailed out by national governments and consumer wealth declined significantly. The result was a major recession between 2008 and 2009 .
This paper looks at the global financial crisis in the world, its effect in the US and measures taken by the US to manage it. This financial crisis was experienced in the world in the late 2000’s and the US was hit ...

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Financial Crisis

Introduction
It’s of imperative importance to understand the link between financial system and the economy. According to various economists, it is gauged that there are two primary function of finance. As mentioned in The Economist, it essentially performs as an economic time machine, serving savers to haulage their present surplus income into the future, and on the other hand offering borrowers access to future earnings now. Finance also serves as a safety net, protecting against catastrophic unforeseen events. Hence, by performing these two acts, an efficiently running financial system ensures against the bumps in life, providing ...

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First cosmonaut of the planet was born March 9, 1934 in Gzhatsk (now Gagarin), Smolensk region in farmer's family. "The family in which I was born - he wrote later Yuri - very ordinary; it is no different from millions of working families of our country. "
The first years of his life spent in the countryside Yuri Klushino, where his parents lived father - Alexei Ivanovich, and mother Anna Timofeevna.
In May 1949 he graduated from the sixth grade Gzhatsk junior high school, and on 30 September of ...

Background

During the World War I, United States and European countries economies had forged an intimate and unique relationship and owing to this, the Great Depression spread to these countries. After the World War I, United States emerged as a major financier and creditor of postwar Europe. The national economies of European countries were greatly weakened by World War I and the war debts (McNeese, 2010). In particular Germany and other countries that were defeated were expected to finance war reparations. The United States Economy slowly slumped after the World War I and the American investment credits flow to the European ...

DID RONALD REAGAN END THE COLD WAR?
Did Ronald Reagan end the Cold War?
Since the end of the Second World War, it was certain that a clash between the two remaining superpowers would be imminent since Europe is currently in a state of disarray. Both the Western and Eastern Blocs, led by the United States and the Soviet Union respectively, had felt threatened over the other’s interest in the still recovering Europe and the right to be known as the only superpower standing. The resulting clash paved the way to the Cold War of 1947-1991, arguably the ...

Chapter Summaries

Chapter 9 Summary: Background to the Middle East
The Middle East has been associated with terrorism for a very long time. This chapter provides background information on the Middle East. Most of the people living in the Middle East are of Islamic faith, and some of the countries include those in North Africa, Southwest Asia, Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, and Iran. However, in the past there have other religions such as Judaism and Christianity.
Issues of terrorism are based on certain theological concepts of Islam, which have resulted to the development of a militant philosophy. Islam itself is divided into ...

The paper aims to comprehend and document the history of Germany and delve deep into the possibilities and capacity of the nation to dominate the European continent. It requires our understanding that Germany has the potential and power to emerge as the omnipotent force in the continent and an insight into the national history would only reiterate the claim with testimonials and evidences to supplement the view.
The country was hit by the March Revolution in 1848 which ended up in being a failed attempt at establishing the German state. However, this called for more liberal state policies, nationalism ...

I intend to discuss the ethical implications of euthanasia throughout the course of this essay. Firstly I will be touching on the German philosopher Kant regarding his theories on personhood and consciousness in terms of people in vegetative states such as Terri Schiavo. I then will be moving on to broader issues of euthanasia such as the right to die and the legality of assisted suicide and refusal of treatment. The purpose of which is to determine whether or not euthanasia is an ethical approach to incurable illnesses or disabilities which affect quality of life.
Plato was quoted ...

Introduction

When the United States emerged from the Civil War, the divisions within its economy showed the reason why the South lost the conflict. Because of the industrialization that had taken place in the North in the first half of the nineteenth century, that side was able to develop materiel more quickly – and to get it to the men on the battlefields where they needed it with more rapidity. The South, on the other hand, was still mostly an agrarian society. While this agrarian dream would fire the imaginations of poets from Dixie well into the twentieth century, it also ...

According to Robert K. Merton of the Harvard University, there are “certain phases of social structures [that] generate circumstances in which infringement o social codes constitute a normal response.”(Meryton 1) Two parts of social structures have been identified: (a) the culturally defined goals, purposes, and interests (i.e. the “ends”), and (b) the acceptable modes or regulations of achieving these goals (i.e. the “means). Differences on the perception of importance of each part constitute ranges of behaviours that greatly identify one social group from the other, which can sometimes result to deviant behaviours from members of the group.
Social groups offer ...

Economic development and the IMF and the World Bank in the Caribbean

Introduction
Following the international standards, the Caribbean nations are not very rich in natural resources and this has affected their economies very much. A lot can be done so as to improve the economy in the Caribbean. The paper will discuss the history of the Caribbean economies and the experiences they have gone through in the development of their economies. It will also discuss how trade agreements with other countries, the World Bank and the IMF have helped to shape up the Caribbean economies.
Tourism and the sugarcane industry are also major contributions to the Caribbean economies ...

Introduction

Communism is a political and social movement that aims for a classless state where the means of production is owned jointly by the society. The government is the overall owner of the means of production and ensures the masses share in the distribution of wealth. Cuba is a country which embraced communism ideologies as a way of life. Fidel Castro was the prime minister from 1959 to 1978. He ruled the country as president from 1978 to 2008 then handed the presidency to his brother. He had a great impact in Cuba and will always be one of the leaders who will be greatly ...