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The Dodd-Frank Act was a piece of legislature passed by the Obama administration in 2010. This act is formally known as the Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This piece of legislature was a response to the financial crisis of 2008. The Dodd-Frank Act at the time of passing consisted of 2,307 pages, 16 titles and 540 sections of law. This piece of legislation was named after Senator Christopher J. Dodd and Representative Barney Frank who had endorsed this act. This…

the equipment and sold it for $5,900. After the sale, Tokai brought a suit against in which they were awarded $56,675.74. Carter then appeals. His argument being that the two parties arrangement was to enter into an agreement that was based on security. So, because the agreement between didn’t fit within the definition of a secured transaction of the UCC, the…

1.0 Introduction On September 3, 1988, when the Tokyo Stock Exchange ("TSE") and the Osaka Securities Exchange ("OSE") propelled stock file prospects exchanging; subsidiary money related items advancement in Japan has get a noteworthy fillip in the meantime (Semkow, 1989). On May 25, 1988, the Japanese Parliament's Securities and Exchange Law has been altered and has made it simple for the improvement. As indicated by the (Semkow, 1989), this statutory change demonstrates a noteworthy defining…

year and was named chairman and chief officer of Enron. Lay worked there of about 16 years so about in 2001. After kenneth worked there after while he got sent to prison for selling large amounts of Enron stock in september and october of 2001. Security new that something was going on and that he was up to something. Then they eventually went through his accounting book and found out that he had been selling the stock, that's how they found out it was kenneth selling the stock and not…

Behind closed door deals, bribes, scandal, trades, mass corporations, sounds like the next top crime show, but this is no show. This is the Oil Reserves Scandal also known as the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Teapot Dome Scandal took place in the early 1920s. It was the secret leasing of federal oils by the Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall. After President Harding switched the oil reserve lands from the Navy to the Department of Interior in 1921, Albert Fall secretly gave Harry F. Sinclair from…

Forensic Accountants are accountants who conduct investigations, know how to use various computer programs and communicate well with others. Some forensic accountants specialize in specific industries that are susceptible to fraud. Insurance and banking industries are considered a higher risk for fraud. These accountants learn their business practices of these fields in order to understand what is happening and be able to stop the fraud. They need to be discrete when they are conducting…

Company Overview It in the retail industry and it is one of the largest among retailers in its industry. The company operates in three segments and they are US, International and Sam Club. Fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, Walmart increased net sales by 1.6% to $473.1 billion and returned $12.8 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. The company is customer driven and has the ability to set a low price of each of its products product. Form of Organization The…

utilized $1,000 to improve passing legislation to raise property taxes. Since it was forbidden to utilize community funds to campaign legislation, Rowland was found guilty and fined $1,000. Senator Ron Calderon accepted over $100,000 in bribes in exchange for his assistance in getting legislation passed that benefited his benefactor. His benefactor was a hospital who was…

Sports lifestyle is not a trend, not a fashion. This will not happen in a year, it will not go to the background. Sport is a choice. Sport – this is life. Why do we need sports? A good question is why? Many people are constantly deepening into some kind of training, and all in different, agitating and their friends, strive to lead a healthy lifestyle, go to the gyms, buy their own sports clothes and gadgets. And why all this? Sport is important for every person. With the help of sports, health…

statements like: “the indignities of repeated handcuffing, stripping, and cavity searches, swabbing” as well as “being held with common criminals and drug addicts” . Those statements caused an extremely violent reaction throughout Indian media. The U.S. Marshals Service spokesman, Nikki Credic-Barret, indicated that Khobragade was strip searched according to a set protocol to every individual accessing a federal courthouse; however not exposed to a cavity search . The US attorney for the…