A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to ReformRoutledge, 2015 M01 28 - 775 páginas A definitive new reference on the major failures of American corporate governance at the start of the 21st century. Tracing the market boom and bust that preceded Enron's collapse, as well as the aftermath of that failure, the book chronicles the meltdown in the telecom sector that gave rise to accounting scandals globally. Featuring expert analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation that was adopted in response to these scandals, the author also investigates the remarkable market recovery that followed the scandals. An exhaustive guide to the collapse of the Enron Corporation and other financial scandals that erupted in the wake of the market downturn of 2000, this book is an essential resource for students, teachers and professionals in corporate governance, finance, and law. |
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... stock had increased by 4,000 percent since Buffett assumed management of that company in 1966. The company's A shares were pricey— $80,000 per share at one point, while the B shares were a lower $2,600. Banks were issuing “trust ...
... stock tips, which were the product of Yun Soo Oh Park. He failed to disclose that he had already bought the stocks ... company's stock. “Cyber smear” tactics were used for short sale manipulations. Presstek Inc. filed a suit in 1997 ...
... stock options given to executives as compensation. The SEC required a comparison between the stock performance of ... company's stock at a specified price. If the price of the stock rises above that price, the executive obtains the stock ...
... company's stock, which is what shareholders most desire. The reformers contended that executives were taking their salaries, sleeping on the job, and playing golf, rather than working overtime to build the company. If options formed the ...
... company's quarterly earnings because money managers and financial analysts demanded everincreasing earnings each quarter or they would dump the stock, causing a precipitous drop in its price. Such a decline relieved the executives of ...
Contenido
II Full Disclosure and the Accountants | 141 |
Photographs follow page 302 | 302 |
III Full Disclosure Fails | 309 |
IV Recovery and Reform | 519 |
Conclusion | 661 |
Notes | 665 |
Selected Bibliography | 677 |
Name Index | 693 |
Subject Index | 733 |
About the Author | 743 |
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