Jeffrey Skilling

Blue Heart: How the Ocean is Quickly Dying It has long since been advertised by profiting companies that the ocean is so vast that it is impossible for us to destroy it. This claim has been repeated so many times that it has become part of the general public’s core beliefs. However, this incorrect assumption is being pushed forwards by the agenda of corporations that wish to make use of the ocean and all its resources without thinking about the consequences. Corporations want us to believe the…

Almarai Company was founded in 1977 by the its Chairman HH Prince Sultan Bin Mohammed bin Saud Alkabeer (Almarai, 2014), it is located in Riyadh, the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and currently employs over 34,000 people (Almarai, 2014). The company started in Riyadh and it had a number of decentralized farms and plants, but during the 1990s it went through a restructuring process, and it replaced its small decentralized plants and farms with large centralized ones which…

Even though Some people believe he tried to rob his customers for his new technology being so overly expensive, Bill Gates should be remembered for making the huge technology advancements. because He is a Co-owner of the giant international company Microsoft. and He is very successful in life and has done everything right down the road in which got him to be so overly successful. Some people believe he tried to rob his customers for his new technology being so overly expensive. As with…

The story of Enron is probably the most notable, epic failure in the history of corporate bankruptcies. It took the company ten years to grow from $10 billion in assets to over $65 billion in assets, yet took a mere twenty-four days for them to go bankrupt. While many books, articles, and documentaries blame the Enron’s demise on its leaders, the company’s culture, accounting practices, or deregulations from the government, the employees are also to blame. Consequently, the employees’…

Bubbles in the business world are characterized by rapid expansion and then a following contraction. Enron falsified profits, took extreme risks, and rigged investments, all so that they could increase the size of their bubble. However, the bubble could only grow so large. Some were able to escape the bubble before it popped, but in the end nobody remained unscathed. The Enron bubble is a testament to the need for some regulation. Enron employed many questionable accounting practices to…

In the early 2000s, the business world was rocked by a series of scandals in the business sector and many of which involved suspicious accounting activities. One of the largest of these failures was a company known as Enron. Due to their involvement with Enron, the Enron debacle is sometimes referred to as the Enron/ Arthur Andersen scandal. The inclusion of Arthur Andersen in the Enron scandal was due in part to the fact that Andersen handled the accounting for Enron for approximately sixteen…

Clinton pardoned Glencore’s founder crimes (TV) It is possible that in the next weeks two of the largest mining companies in Colombia merge: Glencore y Xstrata. If they merge, they would take advantage of coal not only in a third of the Cerrejon mine, but also in La Jagua de Ibirico and Calenturitas in Cesar, Colombia Marc Rich and Co. founder, corporation that later became Glencore, Marc Rich, was in the Ten Most Wanted listed of the FBI. In 1984 Rudolf Giuliani, ex New York mayor, who then was…

The Westing Game is a mystery written by Ellen Raskin and has won the Newberry Award in 1979. The first few pages of the book reveals that there will be many twist and turns and it will not be until the end until the answer is revealed. Very specific tenants were chosen for the Sunset Towers and this is evident in each showing of an apartment by Barney Northrup. Very specific choices were made for the tenants of Sunset Towers, but why? Up on the hill sits the Westing house, just days after…

Benefits of Legal Representation You might assume you don’t need an attorney to represent you in your bicycle accident claim. After all, you are smart and capable of asserting what you want to recover. While representing yourself may seem like an easier route, there are numerous benefits to hiring Los Angeles Bicycle Law to represent you in your claim. Some of the benefits of hiring Los Angeles Bicycle Law include: Knowledge & Skill The lawyers at Los Angeles Bicycle Law have vast experience in…

9 Mergers That Epically Failed The article describes the nine famous corporations that failed to merge. Fairchild (2013) states that “the owner of Arby's bought Wendy's for $2.34 billion” (para. 2). Nevertheless, only after three years, Wendy's sold Arby's. The fail occurred between Bank of America and Countrywide, when the deal cost the bank approximately $40 billion. Kmart and Sears are also among the epic fails due to the considerably dropped revenue of the first one. eBay bought Skype for $2…