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On August 4, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined General Electric Company (GE), $50M for reporting false and misleading financial statements. The transactions occur were not in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Furthermore, the four accounting violations occur in 2002 and continued through 2003. The SEC identified risks that uncovered four separate accounting violations, and GE corrected the last of the violations in 2008. The violations are as…

Netflix is a worldwide provider of streaming movies and TV. Most people do not know Netflix has been around since 1998, but the company only sent DVD’s by mail during that period. Netflix did not begin its streaming services until 2007. Short afterwards Netflix expanded its services to Canada, and then expanded to 190 countries (Minaya, Ezequiel). As cable companies become more and more expansive, people start to switch to streaming their shows and movies instead of having a cable subscription.…

If the National Park Service were to raise the entry fee for the Yellowstone Park, various implications would be felt by different groups of society. To begin, citizens and tourists would both benefit and suffer from this increased membership fee. The heightened exclusivity can enhance the overall experience of visiting the park due to the minimized human congestion and lowered overexploitation of this common property resource, whilst also discouraging regular visitors who’ve grown accustomed to…

created financial regulatory processes to limit risk by enforcing transparency and accountability. President Barack Obama signed the act in 2010 to further enhance the transparency of executive compensation practices. Companies are required to trade stock on public exchanges to comply with four major provisions. • Provision One: Say on Pay, which allows companies’ shareholders the right to vote yay or nay on executive compensation proposals that are contained in proxy statements. • Provision…

restated the finances for 2010 and 2011 fiscal years” (Wall Street Journal, 2014). “The company’s share once reached $90 a share dropped to $17” (SEC, 2014). The deal fell through with Procter & Gamble because Diamond could not maintain a healthy stock price. It was hard to prove whether the payments were intentionally recorded in the wrong year because the walnut growers deliver at the end of the year but payments are made throughout the year. The company had also started using contracts with…

Coal companies are making big bucks by digging up land in search of coal and in the process they’re barely cleaning up the mess they made. They have the money to do the cleaning up, but they don’t want to pay it. Even regulators are fearing a one billion dollar coal cleanup bill. If it was up to the coal companies they would leave the $1 billion bill for the taxpayers to deal with. Michael Corkery states that, “ The regulators worry that coal companies will use the bankruptcy courts to pay off…

Arbor's Oklahoma City Office Originates Nearly $30 Million in Loans Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC (“Arbor”), national direct commercial real estate lender, announced in November that it funded six loans totalling nearly $30 million. Under the Fannie Mae DUS Small Loan, Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan, and FHA 223(f) programs, the mortgage company was able to secure the funding across multiple cities in Michigan -- with Vice President Mike Jehle of Arbor’s Oklahoma City office originating the…

Performance As of April 10, 2009, there were approximately 14,700 shareholders of record of common stock. Company did not pay dividends in fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2008. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts retained any earnings to finance business and did not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the terms of secured credit facilities prohibit the payment of dividends on common stock. No purchases were made by or on behalf of the Company of its equity securities in fiscal…

To request approval to procure contracts for the provision of guardianship services for Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) wards in areas of Texas not currently being served. In 2004, The Department of Family and Protective Services transferred the Guardianship Program to DADS through a memorandum of Understanding. House Bill 6, 79th Legislature Regular Session, 2005, transferred statutory authority to DADS effective September 1, 2005. Rules relating to the DADS Guardianship…

Question 2: STANK & VISTA A & B: Yes, Angel will prevail. Based on this scenario, neither Stank nor UNIC took any actions regarding the purchase of Greenacre from Vista Property, which Stank has personal interest in. According to Miller, directors and officers have the “Duty of Loyalty” which “requires directors and officers to subordinate their personal interests to the welfare of the corporation. For instance, a director should not oppose a transaction that is in the corporation’s best…